Here you can find the source of lengthConstToString(int val, int len)
public static String lengthConstToString(int val, int len)
//package com.java2s; /*********************************************************************** Legacy Film to DVD Project// www . j a v a 2 s.com Copyright (C) 2005 James F. Carroll 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 St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA ****************************************************************************/ public class Main { public static String lengthConstToString(int val, int len) { StringBuffer sbuf = new StringBuffer(); int factor = 1; // int curval = val; for (int i = 0; i < len; i++) factor *= 10; for (boolean done = false; !done;) { if (val / factor == 0) { sbuf.append('0'); factor /= 10; if (factor == 0) done = true; } else { sbuf.append(Integer.toString(val)); done = true; } } return sbuf.toString(); } }