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

Sure, here is some sample code:

string str = "abcdefg";
if (str.Length > X){
   str = str.Substring(0, X) + "...";
}