Arrange output on prompt

[adeeb alexander]

Hi all.
Look at the out put of the given program below

Program:

 public class DisTest
{
	public DisTest()
	{
		String[] a={"ferrari","mclaren","lamborghini","All are A class cars","Fiat"};
		String[] b={"ferrari","mclaren","lamborghini","All are A class cars","Fiat"};
		for(int i=0;i<a.length;i++)
		{
			System.out.println(a[i]+"\t\t\t"+b[i]);
		}
	}
	public static void main(String args[])
	{
		new DisTest();
	}
}   

Output:

ferrari ferrari
mclaren mclaren
lamborghini lamborghini
All are A class cars All are A class cars
Fiat Fiat

I am getting the out put in a mixed up manner. Is there any way so the i can arrange the output in column format. Some what all String a elements in first column and String b elements in other column.

Thanks and Regards
alexander
>

[pete stein]

Look at the Formatter class, or String.format(...) or System.out.printf(...). The second two guys are based on Formatter and obey its rules.

e.g.,

    for (int i = 0; i < a.length; i++) {
      System.out.printf("%-24s %s %n", a[i], b[i]);
    }