Code reviewHardcr-g057

Subject Edge casesLevel Senior–Staff~25 minCommon in Algorithms & data structures interviewsIndustries Software development

Question

Review this Java method that truncates a string to at most `maxChars` characters for a UI label.

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1String truncate(String s, int maxChars) {2    if (s.length() <= maxChars) {3        return s;4    }5    return s.substring(0, maxChars) + "\u2026";6}

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