Here you can find the source of padToMinWidth(double num, int minWidth)
public static String padToMinWidth(double num, int minWidth)
//package com.java2s; /*//from w w w .jav a 2 s . c om * Robonobo Common Utils * Copyright (C) 2008 Will Morton (macavity@well.com) & Ray Hilton (ray@wirestorm.net) * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License * as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 * of the License, or (at your option) any later version. * This program 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 General Public License for more details. * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA. */ import java.text.NumberFormat; public class Main { public static String padToMinWidth(double num, int minWidth) { NumberFormat nf = NumberFormat.getNumberInstance(); int intDigits = numDigits((int) num); if (intDigits >= minWidth) nf.setMaximumFractionDigits(0); else { boolean hasFracComponent = (int) num != num; if (hasFracComponent) { nf.setMaximumFractionDigits(minWidth - intDigits); nf.setMinimumFractionDigits(minWidth - intDigits); } } return nf.format(num); } public static int numDigits(long val) { // This seems a bit ugly, there must be a more elegant way String s = String.valueOf(val); return s.length(); } }