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Simple question: I want to set a TextView and in that I want to have three dots (Ellipsis). Like
Read more... <-- Now I'm sure I shouldn't just write ... into the String. How should I write these three dots?
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They signal either that something has been omitted from quoted text, or that a speaker or writer has paused or trailed off in speech or thought. That's the basics.
An ellipsis is a set of three periods ( . . . ) indicating an omission. Each period should have a single space on either side, except when adjacent to a quotation mark, in which case there should be no space.
Use an ellipsis to show an omission, or leaving out, of a word or words in a quote. Use ellipses to shorten the quote without changing the meaning. For example: "After school I went to her house, which was a few blocks away, and then came home."
You can use the UTF-8 character "Horizonal ellipsis" (U+2026), "\u2026":
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http://www.fileformat.info/info/unicode/char/2026/index.htm
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Write "\u2026" in your String literal. See http://www.fileformat.info/info/unicode/char/2026/index.htm
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