Java String Pad Left leftPad(String text, int size)

Description

Pad some text on the left (i.e., right-align it) until it's a specified width.

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
text	string to pad
size	length of resulting string

Return

the original text, padded on the left

Declaration

public static String leftPad(String text, int size) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
// it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by

public class Main {
    /**//  w w w.j av  a2 s .c o m
       Pad some text on the left (i.e., right-align it) until it's a
       specified width.  If the text is already longer than the
       desired length, it is returned.
        
       @param text string to pad
       @param size length of resulting string
       @return the original text, padded on the left
    */
    public static String leftPad(String text, int size) {
        int numSpaces = size - text.length();
        if (numSpaces <= 0)
            return text;

        StringBuffer buf = new StringBuffer(size);

        for (int i = 0; i < numSpaces; i++)
            buf.append(' ');
        for (int i = numSpaces; i < size; i++)
            buf.append(text.charAt(i - numSpaces));

        return buf.toString();
    }
}

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