How to truncate string without breaking a word in half

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Sometimes you need to shorten a long string to certain length without cutting the final word in half and add custom string such as 3 dots to the end, It will moves the pointer up to the previous space, if the limit finished within a word.

Here I listed 3 functions may help you.

Javascript

function Truncate(str, maxLength, suffix)
{
    if(str.length > maxLength)
    {
        str = str.substring(0, maxLength + 1); 
        str = str.substring(0, Math.min(str.length, str.lastIndexOf(" ")));
        str = str + suffix;
    }
    return str;
}

C#

public static string Truncate(string str, int maxLength, string suffix)
{
    if (str.Length > maxLength)
    {
        str = str.Substring(0, maxLength + 1);
        str = str.Substring(0, Math.Min(str.Length, str.LastIndexOf(" ") == -1 ? 0 : str.LastIndexOf(" ")));
        str = str + suffix;
    }
    return str.Trim();
}

public static string Truncate(string str, int maxLength, string suffix)
{
    if (str.Length > maxLength)
    {
        var words = str.Split(new[] { ' ' }, StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries);
        var sb = new StringBuilder();
        for (int i = 0; sb.ToString().Length + words[i].Length <= maxLength; i++)
        {
            sb.Append(words[i]);
            sb.Append(" ");
        }
        str = sb.ToString().TrimEnd(' ') + suffix;
    }
    return str.Trim();
}