因为性能测试很有趣:(使用linqpad扩展方法)

var val = string.Concat(Enumerable.Range(0, 50).Select(i => i % 10));

foreach(var limit in new[] { 10, 25, 44, 64 })
    new Perf<string> {
        { "newstring" + limit, n => new string(val.Take(limit).ToArray()) },
        { "concat" + limit, n => string.Concat(val.Take(limit)) },
        { "truncate" + limit, n => val.Substring(0, Math.Min(val.Length, limit)) },
        { "smart-trunc" + limit, n => val.Length <= limit ? val : val.Substring(0, limit) },
        { "stringbuilder" + limit, n => new StringBuilder(val, 0, Math.Min(val.Length, limit), limit).ToString() },
    }.Vs();

截断法“明显”更快。# microoptimization

早期

truncate10 5788滴答流逝(0.5788 ms) [10K次，5.788E-05 ms /次] smart-trunc10 8206滴答流逝(0.8206 ms) [10K次，8.206E-05 ms /次] stringbuilder10 10557滴答流逝(1.0557 ms) [10K次，0.00010557 ms /次] concat10 45495滴答流逝(4.5495 ms) [10K次，0.00045495 ms /次] 时间流逝(7.2535 ms) [10K次，0.00072535 ms /次]

Late

truncate44 8835滴答流逝(0.8835 ms) [10K次，8.835E-05 ms /次] 13106滴答流逝(1.3106 ms) [10K次，0.00013106 ms /次] smart-trunc44 14821滴答流逝(1.4821毫秒)[10K次，0.00014821毫秒/次] 时间流逝(14.4324 ms) [10K次，0.00144324 ms /次] concat44 174610滴答流逝(17.461毫秒)[每10K次，0.0017461毫秒]

太长时间

smart-trunc64 6944滴答流逝(0.6944毫秒)[在10K次中，6.944E-05毫秒每] truncate64 7686滴答流逝(0.7686 ms) [10K次，7.686E-05 ms /次] stringbuilder64 13314滴答流逝(1.3314 ms) [10K次，0.00013314 ms /次] 时间流逝(17.7481 ms) [10K次，0.00177481 ms /次] concat64 241601滴答流逝(24.1601毫秒)[每10K次，0.00241601毫秒]

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。

下面是c# 9的一行代码:

public static string Truncate(this string value, int maxLength) => value is null or "" || value.Length <= maxLength ? value : value[..maxLength];

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 "";
        }            
    }

不幸的是，字符串上没有Truncate()方法。你必须自己写出这种逻辑。然而，你能做的是把它包装在一个扩展方法中，这样你就不必到处复制它:

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

现在我们可以这样写:

var someString = "...";
someString = someString.Truncate(2);

可选的后缀和c#8可空引用类型。

public static class StringExt
{
    public static string? Truncate(this string? value, int maxLength, string truncationSuffix = "…")
    {
        return value?.Length > maxLength
            ? value.Substring(0, maxLength) + truncationSuffix
            : value;
    }
}

写:

"abc".Truncate(2);          // "ab…"
"abc".Truncate(3);          // "abc"
((string)null).Truncate(3); // null

在c# 8中，新的范围特性可以被使用…

value = value[..Math.Min(30, value.Length)];