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Create a snippet of text with the specified length
public static string CreateSnippet(string s, int length)
{
if (String.IsNullOrEmpty(s))
{
return "";
}
const string Ellipsis = "...";
if (s.Length > length)
{
return s.Substring(0, length - Ellipsis.Length) + Ellipsis;
}
else
{
return s;
}
}
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