Java String Pad Left lPad(String string, char[] padding, int length)

Description

Pads the supplied String with padding chars on the left to the specified length and returns the result as a new String.;

License

LGPL

Parameter

Parameter	Description
string	the original String to pad.
padding	a parameter
length	a parameter

Declaration

public static final String lPad(String string, char[] padding, int length) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/**/*from w ww .  j  a  v  a 2 s  .c  o m*/
 * Converts a line of text into an array of lower case words using a
 * BreakIterator.wordInstance(). <p>
 *
 * This method is under the Jive Open Source Software License and was
 * written by Mark Imbriaco.
 *
 * @param text a String of text to convert into an array of words
 * @return text broken up into an array of words.
 */

public class Main {
    /**
     *  Pads the supplied String with padding chars on the left to the specified length and returns
     * the result as a new String.;
     * @param string the original String to pad.
     * @param padding
     * @param length
     * @return
     */
    public static final String lPad(String string, char[] padding, int length) {
        if (string == null || string.length() > length) {
            return string;
        }
        StringBuffer buf = new StringBuffer(length);
        buf.append(padding, 0, length - string.length()).append(string);
        return buf.toString();
    }
}

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