Re: How can I write right-justified into a 12 chars width field?

gremlin@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 (Catherina Svensson) wrote in
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> Lets say I have a String var which can contain values of different
> lengths e.g. "aaa"  or "bb bb bb".
> 
> I want to print them out with System.out.println right-justified with
> a field width of 12 chars. If necessary this field should be left
> padded with blanks. For the samples above the output should be e.g.:
> 
> "         aaa"
> and
> "    bb bb bb"
> 
> How can I implement this right-justified, blank padded, fixed-width
> filed output in Java? 
> 
> Cat
> 
> 

package confusing;

public class Main
{
    public static void main(String[] args)
    {
        String blank = "            ";
        String sample = "bb bb bb";

        System.out.println(blank.substring(0,
    	    	blank.length() - sample.length()) + sample);
    }
}