How to get the first five character of a String

Question

I have read this question to get first char of the string. Is there a way to get the first n number of characters from a string in C#?

Answer 1

Below is an extension method that checks if a string is bigger than what was needed and shortens the string to the defined max amount of chars and appends '...'.

public static class StringExtensions
{
    public static string Ellipsis(this string s, int charsToDisplay)
    {
        if (!string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(s))
            return s.Length <= charsToDisplay ? s : new string(s.Take(charsToDisplay).ToArray()) + "...";
        return String.Empty;
    }
}

Answer 2

In C# 8.0 you can get the first five characters of a string like so

string str = data[0..5];

Here is some more information about Indices And Ranges

Answer 3

Try below code

 string Name = "Abhishek";
 string firstfour = Name.Substring(0, 4);
 Response.Write(firstfour);

Answer 4

I don't know why anybody mentioned this. But it's the shortest and simplest way to achieve this.

string str = yourString.Remove(n);

n - number of characters that you need

Example

var zz = "7814148471";
Console.WriteLine(zz.Remove(5));
//result - 78141

Answer 5

Or you could use String.ToCharArray().
It takes int startindex and and int length as parameters and returns a char[]

new string(stringValue.ToCharArray(0,5))

You would still need to make sure the string has the proper length, otherwise it will throw a ArgumentOutOfRangeException

Answer 6

Please try:

yourString.Substring(0, 5);

Check C# Substring, String.Substring Method