# 1816. Truncate Sentence ###### tags: `Leetcode` `Easy` Link: https://leetcode.com/problems/truncate-sentence/description/ ## Code With Split ```java= class Solution { public String truncateSentence(String s, int k) { String[] splited = s.split(" "); StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder(); for(int i=0; i<k; i++){ if(i!=0) sb.append(" "); sb.append(splited[i]); } return sb.toString(); } } ``` Without Split ```java= class Solution { public String truncateSentence(String s, int k) { int idx = 0, spaceCnt = 0; while(idx<s.length() && spaceCnt<k){ if(s.charAt(idx)==' ') spaceCnt++; idx++; } return spaceCnt==k?s.substring(0, idx-1):s; } } ```