That would cause an IndexOutOfBoundsException if the string was shorter than 100 chars. Try this instead:
String.format("%.100s", s); That would return up to 100 characters from the beginning of the string 's'. > -----Original Message----- > From: Avlesh Singh [mailto:avl...@gmail.com] > Sent: Monday, June 22, 2009 11:42 AM > To: Struts Users Mailing List > Subject: Re: Display only 100 chars of a string > > <c:out value="${fn:substring(yourString, start, end)}"/> > > Cheers > Avlesh > > On Mon, Jun 22, 2009 at 9:07 PM, Stefano Tranquillini < > stefano.tranquill...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Hi all. > > there's a possibility inside a jsp to display only the > first 100 chars > > or the first 10 words of a string? > > if i have a long string, can i display only the first 100 chars > > directly in a jsp without modification in action or something like > > that? > > thanks > > -- > > Stefano > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: user-unsubscr...@struts.apache.org > > For additional commands, e-mail: user-h...@struts.apache.org > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: user-unsubscr...@struts.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: user-h...@struts.apache.org