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Gets the leftmost len characters of a String
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/**
* <p>Operations on {@link java.lang.String} that are
* <code>null</code> safe.</p>
*
* @see java.lang.String
* @author <a href="http://jakarta.apache.org/turbine/">Apache Jakarta Turbine</a>
* @author <a href="mailto:jon@latchkey.com">Jon S. Stevens</a>
* @author Daniel L. Rall
* @author <a href="mailto:gcoladonato@yahoo.com">Greg Coladonato</a>
* @author <a href="mailto:ed@apache.org">Ed Korthof</a>
* @author <a href="mailto:rand_mcneely@yahoo.com">Rand McNeely</a>
* @author Stephen Colebourne
* @author <a href="mailto:fredrik@westermarck.com">Fredrik Westermarck</a>
* @author Holger Krauth
* @author <a href="mailto:alex@purpletech.com">Alexander Day Chaffee</a>
* @author <a href="mailto:hps@intermeta.de">Henning P. Schmiedehausen</a>
* @author Arun Mammen Thomas
* @author Gary Gregory
* @author Phil Steitz
* @author Al Chou
* @author Michael Davey
* @author Reuben Sivan
* @author Chris Hyzer
* @author Scott Johnson
* @since 1.0
* @version $Id: StringUtils.java 635447 2008-03-10 06:27:09Z bayard $
*/
public class Main {
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/**
* <p>Gets the leftmost <code>len</code> characters of a String.</p>
*
* <p>If <code>len</code> characters are not available, or the
* String is <code>null</code>, the String will be returned without
* an exception. An exception is thrown if len is negative.</p>
*
* <pre>
* StringUtils.left(null, *) = null
* StringUtils.left(*, -ve) = ""
* StringUtils.left("", *) = ""
* StringUtils.left("abc", 0) = ""
* StringUtils.left("abc", 2) = "ab"
* StringUtils.left("abc", 4) = "abc"
* </pre>
*
* @param str the String to get the leftmost characters from, may be null
* @param len the length of the required String, must be zero or positive
* @return the leftmost characters, <code>null</code> if null String input
*/
public static String left(String str, int len) {
if (str == null) {
return null;
}
if (len < 0) {
return "";
}
if (str.length() <= len) {
return str;
}
return str.substring(0, len);
}
}
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