Java String Indent Format indent(String message, int indent)

Description

Method which adds a specified amount of tabs to the message string.

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
message	of type String: the message which will have tabs placed in front of it.
indent	of type int: the number of tabs to be placed in front of the message.

Return

of type String: the original message with appended tabs to the front of it.

Declaration

public static String indent(String message, int indent) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*//from w ww .j  ava  2s .c om
 * The MIT License (MIT)
 *
 * Copyright (c) 2016 Goran Sarenkapa (JordanGS), and a number of other of contributors
 *
 * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
 * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
 * in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
 * to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
 * copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
 * furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
 *
 * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
 * copies or substantial portions of the Software.
 *
 * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
 * IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
 * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
 * AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
 * LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
 * OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
 * SOFTWARE.
 */

public class Main {
    /**
     * Method which adds a specified amount of tabs to the message string.
     * 
     * @param message
     *            of type String: the message which will have tabs placed in front of it.
     * @param indent
     *            of type int: the number of tabs to be placed in front of the message.
     * @return of type String: the original message with appended tabs to the front of it.
     */
    public static String indent(String message, int indent) {
        String temp = "";
        for (int i = 0; i < indent; i++)
            temp = temp + "\t";
        return temp + message;
    }
}

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1. indent(int tabCount)
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7. indent(String original, int spaces)
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