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  3. Formatter

Use Formatter to left-justify strings within a table.

  
import java.util.Formatter;

public class Main {
  public static void main(String args[]) {
    Formatter fmt = new Formatter();

    fmt.format("%-12s %12s\n\n", "Source", "Loss");
    fmt.format("%-12s %,12d\n", "Retail", 1232675);

    System.out.println(fmt);
  }
}

/*
Source               Loss
Retail          1,232,675

*/








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