Additional information: Index and length must refer to a location within the string

Question

I have a substring which is defined as:

<p>@Html.Raw(item.Post.Substring(0, 300))...</p>

The text I'm entering far exceeds 300 characters, but I'm still getting the error above. I thought the second param on the substring method was supposed to be the number of characters you want to cut to?

Unless I'm wrong and I'm missing something?

Try following `item.Post.Substring(0, Math.Min(300, item.Post.Length));` — tchelidze, Jan 10 '16 at 17:45
Maybe [this](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/9556008/html-raw-is-not-working-asp-net-mvc) will help. — Drew Kennedy, Jan 10 '16 at 17:47
Perfect thanks :) - If you wanna pop that in as an answer I'll mark it as right :) — Web Develop Wolf, Jan 10 '16 at 17:48
Possible duplicate of [.Net equivalent of the old vb left(string, length) function?](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/844059/net-equivalent-of-the-old-vb-leftstring-length-function) — Martin Smith, Jan 10 '16 at 17:56

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 10 '16 at 17:48

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Try following

item.Post.Substring(0, Math.Min(300, item.Post.Length));

answered Jan 10 '16 at 17:48

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