// How to truncate a string in groovy?
// https://stackoverflow.com/a/15713996
println "=== Original example ==="
println "abscd adfa dasfds ghisgirs fsdfgf".take(10)  //"abscd adfa"
println ""
println "=== .take() ==="
println "It's groovy, man".take(4)      //"It's"
println "It's groovy, man".take(10000)  //"It's groovy, man" (no exception thrown)
println ""
println "=== .drop() ==="
println "It's groovy, man".drop(-15)         //"n"
println "It's groovy, man".drop(5).take(6)  //"groovy"
 

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