Java Utililty Methods String Pad Left

if (s == null || s.length() >= length) {
    return s;
StringBuilder result = new StringBuilder(length);
int padSize = length - s.length();
while (padSize > 0) {
    result.append(pad);
    padSize--;
...

if (s.length() < width) {
    return dupl(' ', width - s.length()) + s;
} else {
    return s;

if (s == null || fill == null || s.length() >= len || fill.length() == 0) {
    return s;
StringBuffer buf = new StringBuffer(s);
while (buf.length() < len) {
    buf.insert(0, fill);
return buf.substring(buf.length() - len, buf.length());
...

if (src == null) {
    src = "";
while (src.length() < length) {
    src = padding + src;
return src;

while (str.length() < len) {
    str = pad + "" + str;
return str;

return lPad(str, len, pad, false);

if (len < str.length()) {
    return str.substring(str.length() - len);
} else {
    StringBuffer buf = new StringBuffer(len);
    int gap = len - str.length();
    for (int i = 0; i < gap; i++) {
        buf.insert(i, padding);
    buf.insert(gap, str);
    return buf.toString();

StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder(str);
while (sb.length() < length)
    sb.insert(0, chr);
return sb.toString();

int lOriginal = str.length();
int lPadStr = padString.length();
int times2Pad = 0;
int lPadded = 0;
if (lOriginal >= length)
    return str;
StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer();
String padded;
...

if (str.length() >= size)
    return str;
String pad = "";
int nbBlanks = size - str.length();
for (int i = 0; i < nbBlanks; i++)
    pad += " ";
return pad + str;