Appccelerate.Formatters.StringTruncationFormatter.Format C# (CSharp) Method

        public virtual string Format(string format, object arg, IFormatProvider formatProvider)
        {
            if (format == null || !format.StartsWith("L", StringComparison.Ordinal))
            {
                return string.Format(CultureInfo.InvariantCulture, "{0}", arg);
            }

            string s;
            var formattable = arg as IFormattable;
            if (formattable != null)
            {
                s = formattable.ToString(format, formatProvider);
            }
            else if (arg != null)
            {
                s = arg.ToString();
            }
            else
            {
                return null;
            }

            // Uses the format string to
            // form the output string.
            int length = Convert.ToInt32(format.Substring(1), formatProvider);
            if (s.Length > length)
            {
                s = s.Substring(0, length);
            }

            return s;
        }
    }