Function to shrink file path to be more human readable

Question

Is there any function in c# to shink a file path ?

Input: \"c:\\users\\Windows\\Downloaded Program Files\\Folder\\Inside\\example\\file.txt\"

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Answer 1

You could use something like:

public string ShrinkPath(string path, int maxLength)
{
    List parts = new List(path.Split('\\'));

    string start = parts[0] + @"\" + parts[1];
    parts.RemoveAt(1);
    parts.RemoveAt(0);

    string end = parts[parts.Count-1];
    parts.RemoveAt(parts.Count-1);

    parts.Insert(0, "...");
    while(parts.Count > 1 && 
      start.Length + end.Length + parts.Sum(p=>p.Length) + parts.Count > maxLength)
        parts.RemoveAt(parts.Count-1);

    string mid = "";
    parts.ForEach(p => mid += p + @"\");

    return start+mid+end;
}

Or just use Olivers solution, which is much easier ;-).