Java String Pad Left leftPad(String str, int size, String padStr)

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Description

Left pad a String with a specified String.

Pad to a size of size .

 StringUtils.leftPad(null, *, *)      = null StringUtils.leftPad("", 3, "z")      = "zzz" StringUtils.leftPad("bat", 3, "yz")  = "bat" StringUtils.leftPad("bat", 5, "yz")  = "yzbat" StringUtils.leftPad("bat", 8, "yz")  = "yzyzybat" StringUtils.leftPad("bat", 1, "yz")  = "bat" StringUtils.leftPad("bat", -1, "yz") = "bat" StringUtils.leftPad("bat", 5, null)  = "  bat" StringUtils.leftPad("bat", 5, "")    = "  bat" 

License

Apache License

Parameter

Parameter Description
str the String to pad out, may be null
size the size to pad to
padStr the String to pad with, null or empty treated as single space

Return

left padded String or original String if no padding is necessary, null if null String input

Declaration

static String leftPad(String str, int size, String padStr) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
//License from project: Apache License 

public class Main {
    /**//from ww  w .j av  a2s .  c om
     * <p>The maximum size to which the padding constant(s) can expand.</p>
     */
    private static final int PAD_LIMIT = 8192;

    /**
     * <p>Left pad a String with a specified character.</p>
     *
     * <p>Pad to a size of {@code size}.</p>
     *
     * <pre>
     * StringUtils.leftPad(null, *, *)     = null
     * StringUtils.leftPad("", 3, 'z')     = "zzz"
     * StringUtils.leftPad("bat", 3, 'z')  = "bat"
     * StringUtils.leftPad("bat", 5, 'z')  = "zzbat"
     * StringUtils.leftPad("bat", 1, 'z')  = "bat"
     * StringUtils.leftPad("bat", -1, 'z') = "bat"
     * </pre>
     *
     * @param str  the String to pad out, may be null
     * @param size  the size to pad to
     * @param padChar  the character to pad with
     * @return left padded String or original String if no padding is necessary,
     *  {@code null} if null String input
     * @since 2.0
     */
    private static String leftPad(String str, int size, char padChar) {
        if (str == null) {
            return null;
        }
        int pads = size - str.length();
        if (pads <= 0) {
            return str; // returns original String when possible
        }
        if (pads > PAD_LIMIT) {
            return leftPad(str, size, String.valueOf(padChar));
        }
        return repeat(padChar, pads).concat(str);
    }

    /**
     * <p>Left pad a String with a specified String.</p>
     *
     * <p>Pad to a size of {@code size}.</p>
     *
     * <pre>
     * StringUtils.leftPad(null, *, *)      = null
     * StringUtils.leftPad("", 3, "z")      = "zzz"
     * StringUtils.leftPad("bat", 3, "yz")  = "bat"
     * StringUtils.leftPad("bat", 5, "yz")  = "yzbat"
     * StringUtils.leftPad("bat", 8, "yz")  = "yzyzybat"
     * StringUtils.leftPad("bat", 1, "yz")  = "bat"
     * StringUtils.leftPad("bat", -1, "yz") = "bat"
     * StringUtils.leftPad("bat", 5, null)  = "  bat"
     * StringUtils.leftPad("bat", 5, "")    = "  bat"
     * </pre>
     *
     * @param str  the String to pad out, may be null
     * @param size  the size to pad to
     * @param padStr  the String to pad with, null or empty treated as single space
     * @return left padded String or original String if no padding is necessary,
     *  {@code null} if null String input
     */
    static String leftPad(String str, int size, String padStr) {
        if (str == null) {
            return null;
        }
        if (isEmpty(padStr)) {
            padStr = " ";
        }
        int padLen = padStr.length();
        int strLen = str.length();
        int pads = size - strLen;
        if (pads <= 0) {
            return str; // returns original String when possible
        }
        if (padLen == 1 && pads <= PAD_LIMIT) {
            return leftPad(str, size, padStr.charAt(0));
        }

        if (pads == padLen) {
            return padStr.concat(str);
        } else if (pads < padLen) {
            return padStr.substring(0, pads).concat(str);
        } else {
            char[] padding = new char[pads];
            char[] padChars = padStr.toCharArray();
            for (int i = 0; i < pads; i++) {
                padding[i] = padChars[i % padLen];
            }
            return new String(padding).concat(str);
        }
    }

    /**
     * <p>Returns padding using the specified delimiter repeated
     * to a given length.</p>
     *
     * <pre>
     * StringUtils.repeat(0, 'e')  = ""
     * StringUtils.repeat(3, 'e')  = "eee"
     * StringUtils.repeat(-2, 'e') = ""
     * </pre>
     *
     * <p>Note: this method doesn't not support padding with
     * <a href="http://www.unicode.org/glossary/#supplementary_character">Unicode Supplementary Characters</a>
     * as they require a pair of {@code char}s to be represented.
     * If you are needing to support full I18N of your applications
     * consider using {@link #repeat(String, int)} instead.
     * </p>
     *
     * @param ch  character to repeat
     * @param repeat  number of times to repeat char, negative treated as zero
     * @return String with repeated character
     * @see #repeat(String, int)
     */
    private static String repeat(char ch, int repeat) {
        char[] buf = new char[repeat];
        for (int i = repeat - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
            buf[i] = ch;
        }
        return new String(buf);
    }

    /**
     * <p>Checks if a CharSequence is empty ("") or null.</p>
     *
     * <pre>
     * StringUtils.isEmpty(null)      = true
     * StringUtils.isEmpty("")        = true
     * StringUtils.isEmpty(" ")       = false
     * StringUtils.isEmpty("bob")     = false
     * StringUtils.isEmpty("  bob  ") = false
     * </pre>
     *
     * <p>NOTE: This method changed in Lang version 2.0.
     * It no longer trims the CharSequence.
     * That functionality is available in isBlank().</p>
     *
     * @param cs  the CharSequence to check, may be null
     * @return {@code true} if the CharSequence is empty or null
     * @since 3.0 Changed signature from isEmpty(String) to isEmpty(CharSequence)
     */
    public static boolean isEmpty(CharSequence cs) {
        return cs == null || cs.length() == 0;
    }
}

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