How can I truncate my strings with a “…” if they are too long?

Question

Hope somebody has a good idea. I have strings like this:

abcdefg
abcde
abc

What I need is for them to be trucated to show like this if more

Answer 1

string s = "abcdefg";
if (s.length > 3)
{
    s = s.substring(0,3);
}

You can use the Substring function.