Here you can find the source of lpad(String s, String fill, int len)
public static String lpad(String s, String fill, int len)
//package com.java2s; /******************************************************************************* * Copyright (c) 2010 BSI Business Systems Integration AG. * All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials * are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0 * which accompanies this distribution, and is available at * http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html * * Contributors:/*from w w w. j a v a2 s . c o m*/ * BSI Business Systems Integration AG - initial API and implementation ******************************************************************************/ public class Main { public static String lpad(String s, String fill, int len) { 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()); } public static int length(String s) { if (s == null) { return 0; } else { return s.length(); } } public static String substring(String s, int start) { if (s == null || start >= s.length()) { return ""; } return s.substring(start); } public static String substring(String s, int start, int len) { if (s == null || start >= s.length()) { return ""; } len = Math.min(s.length() - start, len); return s.substring(start, start + len); } }