MVC Razor need to get Substring

Question

I have the following inside of my view

     @Html.DisplayFor(modelItem => item.FirstName)

I need to get the first initial of the First N

Answer 1

This will truncate at 10 characters and add "..." to the end if it is longer than 13 characters.

@if (item.Notes.Length <= 13)
{
  @Html.DisplayFor(modelItem => item.FirstName)
}
else
{
  @(item.FirstName.ToString().Substring(0, 10) + "...")
}