Here you can find the source of leftJustify(String sourceString, int targetLen, char pad)
public static String leftJustify(String sourceString, int targetLen, char pad) throws IndexOutOfBoundsException
//package com.java2s; /* MarcWorx MARC Library - Utilities for manipulation of MARC records Copyright (C) 2013 Todd Walker, Talwood Solutions 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 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.//from ww w . j a v a 2 s . com 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, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. */ public class Main { public static String leftJustify(String sourceString, int targetLen, char pad) throws IndexOutOfBoundsException { int sourceLen = sourceString.length(); char[] buffer = new char[targetLen]; if (targetLen < sourceLen) { // Just truncate sourceString.getChars(0, targetLen, buffer, 0); } else { int i = 0; // Add String while (i < sourceLen) { buffer[i] = sourceString.charAt(i++); } // Pad Right while (i < targetLen) { buffer[i++] = pad; } } return new String(buffer); } public static int length(String source) { int result = 0; if (isNotEmpty(source)) { result = source.length(); } return result; } public static boolean isNotEmpty(String str) { return !isEmpty(str); } public static boolean isEmpty(String str) { return (str == null || str.length() == 0); } }