Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; /******************************************************************************* * Copyright (c) 2009, 2016 GreenVulcano ESB Open Source Project. * All rights reserved. * * This file is part of GreenVulcano ESB. * * GreenVulcano ESB is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify * it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or * (at your option) any later version. * * GreenVulcano ESB is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the * GNU Lesser General Public License for more details. * * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License * along with GreenVulcano ESB. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. *******************************************************************************/ public class Main { /** * @param str * @param width * @param padding * @return the string left filled with padding character passed */ public static synchronized String leftPad(String str, int width, char padding) { StringBuilder buff = new StringBuilder(); for (int i = 0; i < width; ++i) { buff.append(padding); } buff.append(str); return buff.substring(buff.length() - width); } }