How to add whitespace before a string

Question

I need your help in adding whitespace before a string as I need to format the String value to be in a specific position in the page. For example:

System.out.println("          Hello Word!!");  

The above will give 10 spaces before the String which I did them manual, but is there any other way to specify the space before the String other than adding manual spaces?

Answer 1

Consider this as your code....

    public static void main(String[] args) {

        String hello = "hello";
        Brute b = new Brute();
       System.out.println( b.addspace(1,hello));
    }

    String addspace(int i, String str)
    {       
        StringBuilder str1 = new StringBuilder();
            for(int j=0;j<i;j++)
            {
                str1.append(" ");
            }
            str1.append(str);           
            return str1.toString();         

    }

This will add desired no of spaces in the string at its beginning...

Just pass your input String and no of spaces needed....

As addspace(<no_of_spaces>,<input_string>);

Answer 2

String newStr = String.format("%10s", str);

Answer 3

String str = "Hello Word!!";
String.format("%1$" + (10 + str.length()) + "s", str);

Result:

|          Hello Word!!|

10 whitespaces added

Answer 4

You can write your own fumction:

public static void main(String[] args) {
        String myString = "Hello Word!!";
        System.out.println(getWhiteSpace(10)+myString);
    }

    private static String getWhiteSpace(int size) {
        StringBuilder builder = new StringBuilder(size);
        for(int i = 0; i <size ; i++) {
            builder.append(' ');
        }
        return builder.toString();
    }