Pad a string on the left until it reaches the designated height - Android java.lang

Android examples for java.lang:String Pad

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Description

Pad a string on the left until it reaches the designated height

Demo Code

import android.text.SpannableString;
import android.text.Spanned;
import android.text.SpannedString;
import android.text.TextUtils;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Collections;
import java.util.List;

public class Main{

    /**/*from   w  w  w. j ava 2  s .co  m*/
     * Pad a string on the left until it reaches the designated height
     * @param str
     * @param padding
     * @param upTo
     * @return
     */
    public static String padLeft(String str, char padding, int upTo) {

        StringBuilder stringBuilder = new StringBuilder(str);

        while (stringBuilder.length() < upTo) {
            stringBuilder.insert(0, padding);
        }

        return stringBuilder.toString();

    }

}

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