Java String Indent Format indent(String value, int spaces)

Description

Indents all lines of the argument string by the specified number of spaces.

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
value	The string whose lines are to be indented
spaces	The number of spaces by which to indent each line

Return

The resulting indented string. Each line will be terminated by a single newline character, regardless of the line terminators used in the original string.

Declaration

public static String indent(String value, int spaces)

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
//License from project: Open Source License 

public class Main {
    /**/*from   w w  w. j a v  a 2s . c o  m*/
     * Indents all lines of the argument string by the specified number of spaces.
     * @param value      The string whose lines are to be indented
     * @param spaces   The number of spaces by which to indent each line
     * @return         The resulting indented string.  Each line will be terminated by
     *                a single newline character, regardless of the line terminators
     *                used in the original string.
     */
    public static String indent(String value, int spaces) {
        if (spaces < 0)
            spaces = 0;
        String indent = "";
        for (int i = 0; i < spaces; i++) {
            indent += " ";
        }
        String[] lines = value.split("\r\n|\r|\n");
        String output = "";
        for (int i = 0; i < lines.length; i++) {
            output += indent + lines[i] + "\n";
        }
        return output;
    }
}