Trim/Truncate

private string TrimLength(string text, int length)
        {
            string output = text;
 
            if (text.Length > length)
                output = text.Substring(0, length - 1) + "...";
 
            return output;
        }
 
        private string TruncateWords(string text, int wordCount)
        {
            string output = String.Empty;
 
            if (text.Length > 0)
            {
                try
                {
                    string[] words = text.Split(' ');
 
                    if (words.Length < wordCount)
                        wordCount = words.Length;
 
                    for (int x = 0; x <= wordCount; x++)
                        output += words[x] + " ";
 
                    if (words.Length > wordCount)
                        output = output.Trim() + "...";
                }
 
                catch { /* do nothing */ }
            }
 
            return output;
        }