Format strings into table : String Format « Data Type « Java Tutorial

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3. String Format

public class Main {
  public static void main(String args[]) {
    String format = "|%1$-10s|%2$-10s|%3$-20s|\n";
    System.out.format(format, "A", "AA", "AAA");
    System.out.format(format, "B", "", "BBBBB");
    System.out.format(format, "C", "CCCCC", "CCCCCCCC");

    String ex[] = { "E", "EEEEEEEEEE", "E" };

    System.out.format(String.format(format, (Object[]) ex));
  }
}
/*
|A         |AA        |AAA                 |
|B         |          |BBBBB               |
|C         |CCCCC     |CCCCCCCC            |
|E         |EEEEEEEEEE|E                   |
*/