Java String Pad Left leftPad(String in, char padding, int length)

Description

left Pad

License

Open Source License

Declaration

public static String leftPad(String in, char padding, int length) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*/*from ww  w .j av  a2 s  .  c  o m*/
GPON General Purpose Object Network
Copyright (C) 2006 Daniel Schulz
    
This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
    
This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
Lesser General Public License for more details.
    
You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301  USA
*/

public class Main {
    public static String leftPad(String in, char padding, int length) {

        String out = "";

        int toPad = length - in.length();

        if (toPad < 0) {
            throw new IllegalArgumentException("Input string longer than requested length");
        }

        out = getStringRepetition(padding + "", toPad) + in;

        return out;
    }

    public static String getStringRepetition(String in, int times) {
        StringBuffer out = new StringBuffer("");

        for (int i = 0; i < times; i++) {
            out = out.append(in);
        }

        return out.toString();
    }
}

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6. leftPad(String input, char padding, int length)
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8. leftPad(String inStr, int length, char paddingChar)
9. leftPad(String original, int length, char padChar)