Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; //License from project: Open Source License public class Main { private static final String INVALID_ARGUMENT = "Invalid Argument"; public static String addPadding(String t, String s, int num) { StringBuilder retVal; if (null == s || 0 >= num) { throw new IllegalArgumentException(INVALID_ARGUMENT); } if (s.length() <= num) { return s.concat(t); } retVal = new StringBuilder(s); for (int i = retVal.length(); i > 0; i -= num) { retVal.insert(i, t); } return retVal.toString(); } }