Java String Pad Left leftPad(String text, int length, char padChar)

Description

left Pad

License

Open Source License

Declaration

public static String leftPad(String text, int length, char padChar) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*******************************************************************************
 * Copyright (c) 2004-2010 Sunil Kamath (IcemanK).
 * All rights reserved./*from   w ww .  ja v a  2 s  . c o m*/
 * This program is made available under the terms of the Common Public License
 * v1.0 which is available at http://www.eclipse.org/legal/cpl-v10.html
 *
 * Contributors:
 *     Sunil Kamath (IcemanK) - initial API and implementation
 *
 *******************************************************************************/

public class Main {
    public static String leftPad(String text, int length, char padChar) {
        String text2 = text;
        if (text2.length() < length) {
            StringBuffer buf = new StringBuffer(""); //$NON-NLS-1$
            for (int i = text2.length(); i < length; i++) {
                buf.append(padChar);
            }
            buf.append(text2);
            text2 = buf.toString();
        }
        return text2;
    }

    public static String toString(Object object, String defaultValue) {
        if (object == null) {
            return defaultValue;
        } else {
            return object.toString();
        }
    }
}

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