How to format an Integer to a four-zero-left string?

Question

I'm trying to do something like it in java (Eclipse Indigo):

input - 16 (integer);
Output - "0016" ;

input - 201 (integer);
Output - "0201" ;

intput - 1716 (integer);
Output - "1716" ;

In VB.net I could use:

dim num as integer
dim str as string

str = Format(num, "0000")

How can I do the same in java? Thanks in advance...

Answer 1

final String s = String.format("%04d", yourNumber).

Note that there is a locale-sensitive version of this method as well.