problem in appending spaces to string

[swapnel surade]

hi all,

I have one string to which I have to append few spaces at the end.

I tried to use

  String.format("%32s", "jack");  

but it appending spaces at the start.

is there any way to append spaces at the end of the string.

thanks.

[harilal ithikkat]

  String.format("%s%32s", "jack"," ");  

now its adding 32 spaces..
will that be ok

[Mike Simmons]

Swapneel: what you want is "left justification", pushing the string contents up against the left side of the field you've allocated for them. Which means you add spaces on the right side, which is to say, the end of the string. This is achieved in Java string formatting using a '-' flag. Try something like String.format("%-32s", "jack").