Java String Pad Left leftPad(String string, char pad, int size)

Description

Return the padded left of a string by padding character.

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
string	a parameter
pad	a parameter
size	a parameter

Declaration

public static String leftPad(String string, char pad, int size) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;

public class Main {
    /**/*w  ww .  j av a2 s . c om*/
     * Return the padded left of a string by padding character.
     *
     * @param string
     * @param pad
     * @param size
     * @return
     */
    public static String leftPad(String string, char pad, int size) {
        if (string == null || size < 0) {
            return null;
        } else if (string.length() == 0 || size == 0) {
            return "";
        }
        StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
        for (int i = 0; i < size; i++) {
            sb.append(pad);
        }
        sb.append(string);
        int lengthOfInterimString = sb.length();
        return sb.toString().substring(lengthOfInterimString - size, lengthOfInterimString);
    }
}

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