Java String Pad Left lpad(String str, String chr, int length)

Description

Description:Pad string to the left

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
original	string to be padded
string	to pad
location	of string to pad

Return

the new string

Declaration

public static String lpad(String str, String chr, int length) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*/*from  w w w . j av  a2  s  .  c  o m*/
 * $RCSfile: LogStringUtil,v $$
 * $Revision: 1.0  $
 * $Date: 2010-12-09  $
 *
 * Copyright (C) 2011 GyTech, Inc. All rights reserved.
 *
 * This software is the proprietary information of GyTech, Inc.
 * Use is subject to license terms.
 */

public class Main {
    /**
     * <p>Description:Pad string to the left </p>
     * @param original string to be padded
     * @param string to pad
     * @param location of string to pad
     * @return the new string
     */
    public static String lpad(String str, String chr, int length) {
        String retVal = str;
        for (int i = 0; i < length - str.length(); i++)
            retVal = chr + retVal;

        return retVal;
    }
}

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