Java String Pad Left leftPad(String s, int target)

Description

Node.js lol

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
s	Base string.
target	Minimum length of output.

Return

s if it is at least the size of target, or s prefixed by enough spaces to make it the size of target.

Declaration

public static String leftPad(String s, int target) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
//License from project: Open Source License 

public class Main {
    /**/*  w ww  . j  a  v  a 2 s.  c om*/
     * Node.js lol
     *
     * @param s Base string.
     * @param target Minimum length of output.
     * @return {@code s} if it is at least the size of target, or {@code s} prefixed by enough spaces
     * to make it the size of target.
     */
    public static String leftPad(String s, int target) {
        return leftPad(s, target, ' ');
    }

    /**
     * Node.js lol
     *
     * @param s Base string.
     * @param target Minimum length of output.
     * @param pad Character to pad the left side of the string with.
     * @return {@code s} if it is at least the size of target, or {@code s} prefixed by enough pad
     * characters to make it the size of target.
     */
    public static String leftPad(String s, int target, char pad) {
        StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
        for (int i = s.length(); i < target; i++) {
            sb.append(pad);
        }
        sb.append(s);
        return sb.toString();
    }
}

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