printf() analogue in java 1.4? I need to set text width and justification

> I need to print table to console.

> Before output text to cell I need to set text width

> and justification. How to do it in java 1.4.

>

> In 1.5 I'd use printf().

There's no such functionality in 1.4. You'll have to roll your own.

public class Main {

static String myPrintf(String str, int width, char fill) {

StringBuffer b = new StringBuffer();

while((width--)-str.length() > 0) {

b.append(fill);

}

b.append(str);

return b.toString();

}

public static void main(String[] args) {

System.out.println("["+myPrintf("abc", 10, ' ')+"]");

}

}

prometheuzza at 2007-7-12 18:29:46 >