Android String Pad from Left padLeft(String input, int size)

Description

Pad the specified number of spaces to the input string to make it that length

Parameter

Parameter	Description
input	a parameter
size	a parameter

Declaration

public static String padLeft(String input, int size) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;

public class Main {
    /**//w  w w . ja  v  a2s  .c o m
     * Pad the specified number of spaces to the input string to make it that length
     * @param input
     * @param size
     * @return
     */
    public static String padLeft(String input, int size) {

        if (input.length() > size) {
            throw new IllegalArgumentException(
                    "input must be shorter than or equal to the number of spaces: "
                            + size);
        }

        StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
        for (int i = input.length(); i < size; i++) {
            sb.append(" ");
        }
        return sb.append(input).toString();
    }
}

Related

1. lpad(String str, int length)
2. padding(int width)
3. prefixPad(String toPad, String padLetter, int targetLength)