StringExtensions.GetFirstCharacters Method

Telerik ILS Common String Extenstion Methods

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StringExtensionsGetFirstCharacters Method
Gets a number of characters in a string starting from the beginning. If the number of characters to get is bigger than the string length, returns the whole string. Throws a System.ArguemntOutOfRange exception if the number of characters is less than 0.

Namespace: Telerik.ILS.Common
Assembly: StringExtensions (in StringExtensions.dll) Version: 1.0.0.0 (1.0.0.0)
Syntax
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public static string GetFirstCharacters(
	this string input,
	int charsCount
)
<ExtensionAttribute>
Public Shared Function GetFirstCharacters ( 
	input As String,
	charsCount As Integer
) As String
public:
[ExtensionAttribute]
static String^ GetFirstCharacters(
	String^ input, 
	int charsCount
)
[<ExtensionAttribute>]
static member GetFirstCharacters : 
        input : string * 
        charsCount : int -> string

Parameters

input
Type: SystemString
charsCount
Type: SystemInt32
The number of characters to be extracted.

Return Value

Type: String
System.String

Usage Note

In Visual Basic and C#, you can call this method as an instance method on any object of type String. When you use instance method syntax to call this method, omit the first parameter. For more information, see Extension Methods (Visual Basic) or Extension Methods (C# Programming Guide).
See Also
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