Java String Pad Left leftPad(String csIn, int nRequiredLength, char cFill)

Description

left Pad

License

LGPL

Declaration

public static String leftPad(String csIn, int nRequiredLength, char cFill) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*//from   w w  w  .  j  a v  a 2s  . co  m
 * JLib - Publicitas Java library v1.2.0.
 *
 * Copyright (c) 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 Publicitas SA.
 * Licensed under LGPL (LGPL-LICENSE.txt) license.
 */

public class Main {
    public static String leftPad(String csIn, int nRequiredLength, char cFill) {
        String csOut = new String();
        int nLgStringIn = csIn.length();
        int nNbcharToPad = nRequiredLength - nLgStringIn;
        if (nNbcharToPad > 0) {
            for (int n = 0; n < nNbcharToPad; n++) {
                csOut = csOut + cFill;
            }
            csOut = csOut + csIn;
        } else // Keep only leftmost chars
        {
            csOut = csIn.substring(0, nRequiredLength);
        }

        return csOut;
    }
}

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