作为上述可能性的补充，我想分享一下我的解决方案。 它是一个扩展方法，允许null(返回string.Empty)，还有第二个. truncate()用于与省略号一起使用。注意，它不是性能优化的。

public static string Truncate(this string value, int maxLength) =>
    (value ?? string.Empty).Substring(0, (value?.Length ?? 0) <= (maxLength < 0 ? 0 : maxLength) ? (value?.Length ?? 0) : (maxLength < 0 ? 0 : maxLength));
public static string Truncate(this string value, int maxLength, string ellipsis) =>
    string.Concat(value.Truncate(maxLength - (((value?.Length ?? 0) > maxLength ? ellipsis : null)?.Length ?? 0)), ((value?.Length ?? 0) > maxLength ? ellipsis : null)).Truncate(maxLength);

TruncateString

public static string _TruncateString(string input, int charaterlimit)
{
    int characterLimit = charaterlimit;
    string output = input;

    // Check if the string is longer than the allowed amount
    // otherwise do nothing
    if (output.Length > characterLimit && characterLimit > 0)
    {
        // cut the string down to the maximum number of characters
        output = output.Substring(0, characterLimit);
        // Check if the character right after the truncate point was a space
        // if not, we are in the middle of a word and need to remove the rest of it
        if (input.Substring(output.Length, 1) != " ")
        {
            int LastSpace = output.LastIndexOf(" ");

            // if we found a space then, cut back to that space
            if (LastSpace != -1)
            {
                output = output.Substring(0, LastSpace);
            }
        }
        // Finally, add the "..."
        output += "...";
    }
    return output;
}

c# 6的Null传播运算符的类似变体

public static string Truncate(this string value, int maxLength)
{
    return value?.Length <= maxLength ? value : value?.Substring(0, maxLength);
}

请注意，我们实际上是在检查value是否为null两次。

截断字符串

public static string TruncateText(string strText, int intLength)
{
    if (!(string.IsNullOrEmpty(strText)))
    {                                
        // split the text.
        var words = strText.Split(' ');

        // calculate the number of words
        // based on the provided characters length 
        // use an average of 7.6 chars per word.
        int wordLength = Convert.ToInt32(Math.Ceiling(intLength / 7.6));

        // if the text is shorter than the length,
        // display the text without changing it.
        if (words.Length <= wordLength)
            return strText.Trim();                

        // put together a shorter text
        // based on the number of words
        return string.Join(" ", words.Take(wordLength)) + " ...".Trim();
    }
        else
        {
            return "";
        }            
    }

以防这里没有足够的答案，这里是我的:)

public static string Truncate(this string str, 
                              int totalLength, 
                              string truncationIndicator = "")
{
    if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(str) || str.Length < totalLength) 
        return str;

    return str.Substring(0, totalLength - truncationIndicator.Length) 
           + truncationIndicator;
}

使用方法:

"I use it like this".Truncate(5,"~")

这是一个vb.net解决方案，标记if(虽然丑陋)语句提高性能，因为当字符串已经小于maxlength时，我们不需要substring语句… 通过使它成为字符串的扩展，它很容易使用…

 <System.Runtime.CompilerServices.Extension()> _
    Public Function Truncate(String__1 As String, maxlength As Integer) As String
        If Not String.IsNullOrEmpty(String__1) AndAlso String__1.Length > maxlength Then
            Return String__1.Substring(0, maxlength)
        Else
            Return String__1
        End If
    End Function