Question

in Java please

(a) Write a static method abbreviate( ) which is passed a String s and an int max. The method returns a new String which contains the content of s abbreviated to at most max characters, but where the last three characters are ellipses (i.e., the characters . . .).

For example, if s is "Too bad Spongebob’s not here to enjoy Spongebob not being here. ---Squidward." and max is 10, the method returns the 10-character String "Too bad..." If s is shorter than max characters, return the original String. If max is less than 3 and less than the length of s, return the empty String.

(b) Write a main method that calls the abbreviate method twice, and prints the result to the screen each time. The first call should abbreviate the String "How now, brown cow?" down to 10 characters. The second call should abbreviate the result of the first abbreviation down to 5 characters.

Answer 1

public class Main{

public static String abbreviate(String s, int max) {

if (s.length() <= max) {

return s;

}

return s.substring(0, max - 3) + "...";

}

public static void main(String[] args) {

System.out.println(abbreviate("How now, brown cow?", 10));

System.out.println(abbreviate("How now, brown cow?", 5));

}

}