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Truncate("This is way too long", 11, "...") returns "This is way..."

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  1. public static string Truncate(this string myString, int limit, string symbol)
  2. {
  3.     if (myString == null)
  4.         return null;
  5.  
  6.     if (limit < 0)
  7.         throw new ArgumentOutOfRangeException("limit", limit, "must be 0 or greater");
  8.  
  9.     if (symbol == null)
  10.         throw new ArgumentNullException("symbol must not be null");
  11.  
  12.     if (myString.Length < limit)
  13.         return myString;
  14.  
  15.     return myString.Substring(0, limit) + symbol;
  16. }

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