public String getLeftOf(String srcStr, int charCount) {

        String retValue = "";

        if (isNotBlank(srcStr)) {

            int length = srcStr.length();

            if (charCount < length) {
                retValue = srcStr.substring(0, charCount);
            } else {
                retValue = srcStr;
            }
        }

        return retValue;
    }
public String getLeftOf ( String srcStr , int charCount ) { String retValue = "" ; if ( isNotBlank ( srcStr ) ) { int length = srcStr . length ( ) ; if ( charCount < length ) { retValue = srcStr . substring ( 0 , charCount ) ; } else { retValue = srcStr ; } } return retValue ; }
Returns the number of characters specified from left

@param srcStr
@param charCount
@return