String padding

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Pad numbers

Left padding integer [1] 

String value = String.format("%05d", number);

Pad Strings

Padding Strings in Java [2] 

String left = String.format("%1$-10s", "12345");
 System.out.println("[" + left + "]");
 String right = String.format("%1$#10s", "12345");
 System.out.println("[" + right + "]");
/*
[12345     ]
[     12345]
 
*/

Ident

//5 char indent
String.format("%1$-5s", "");

See Also

References

  1. ↑ http://stackoverflow.com/questions/473282/left-padding-integers-with-zeros-in-java
  2. ↑ http://stackoverflow.com/questions/388461/padding-strings-in-java
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