Java String Pad Left leftPad(String str, int width, char c)

Description

left Pad

License

Open Source License

Declaration

static public String leftPad(String str, int width, char c) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*-GNU-GPL-BEGIN-*//www . ja va2s .  c  om
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  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
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*-GNU-GPL-END-*/

public class Main {
    static public String leftPad(String str, int width, char c) {
        int len = str.length();
        if (width <= len)
            return str;
        int pad = width - len;

        StringBuffer buf = new StringBuffer(width);

        for (int i = 0; i < pad; ++i)
            buf.append(c);
        buf.append(str);

        return buf.toString();
    }

    static public String leftPad(String str, int width) {
        return leftPad(str, width, ' ');
    }
}

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