using System;

using System.Linq;

using System.Diagnostics;

​

    static class ExtensionMethods

    {

        public static string LimitedStackTrace(this Exception input, int layers)

        {

            return string.Join

            (

                ">",

                new StackTrace(input)

                    .GetFrames()

                    .Take(layers)

                    .Select

                    (

                        f => f.GetMethod()

                    )

                    .Select

                    (

                        m => string.Format

                        (

                            "{0}.{1}", 

                            m.DeclaringType, 

                            m.Name

                        )

                    )

                    .Reverse()

            );

        }

    }

    public class Haystack

    {

        public static void Needle()

        {

            throw new Exception("ZOMG WHERE DID I GO WRONG???!");

        }

        private static void Test()

        {

            Needle();

        }

        public static void Main()

        {

            try

            {

                Test();

            }

            catch(System.Exception e)

            {

                Console.WriteLine("Error '{0}' at {1}", e.Message, e.LimitedStackTrace(3));

            }

        }

    }