C# - How to shorten a string : <p>I have a piece of code and I need to shorten a string that I have in a variable. I was wondering how could I do this. My code is below.</p>

<pre><code>string test = Console.ReadLine();
if(string.Length &gt; 5)
{
    //shorten string
}
Console.WriteLine(test);
Console.ReadLine();
</code></pre>
