Limiting/Removing extra characters (>40) from string.

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I need to “trim” my variable called: “TITLE” to only 40 characters

Java: Limiting/Trim/ Removing extra characters from string. I want to remove any extra characters after 40 characters of a string variable.

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score 2 · Answer 1 · edited Aug 28 '12 at 01:50

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String shortString = longString.substring(0, Math.min(longString.length(), 40));

You might like to take a closer look at the String class

edited Aug 28 '12 at 01:50

snibbets

answered Aug 28 '12 at 01:39

MadProgrammer

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