C++ setw in java?

[henk53]

Hi what is the equivalent to the C++ setw() function in java?

thanks
henk

[Tor Iver Wilhelmsen]

henk...@hotmail.com (henk53) writes:

> Hi what is the equivalent to the C++ setw() function in java?

Java doesn't have C++'s iostreams. What is it you actually need to
accomplish?

[henk53]

Tor Iver Wilhelmsen <tor.iver....@broadpark.no> wrote in message news:<un02et...@broadpark.no>...

Print strings in 'neat' columns to a mono-spaced text output. Nothing
fancy really; it just needs to fill up a string with spaces up to the
given width, or give the orginal string back if it's equal or larger
than the given size.

It's a utility function of no more than a few lines, but I don't
really like to sprinkle my code with such utility funtions if there is
an alternative available in the standard libray. Unfortunately, there
seems to be none...

[Roedy Green]

On 6 Jul 2004 13:23:55 -0700, henk...@hotmail.com (henk53) wrote or
quoted :

>
>Print strings in 'neat' columns to a mono-spaced text output. Nothing
>fancy really; it just needs to fill up a string with spaces up to the
>given width, or give the orginal string back if it's equal or larger
>than the given size.

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[Tor Iver Wilhelmsen]

henk...@hotmail.com (henk53) writes:

> Print strings in 'neat' columns to a mono-spaced text output. Nothing
> fancy really; it just needs to fill up a string with spaces up to the
> given width, or give the orginal string back if it's equal or larger
> than the given size.

Look into java.text.MessageFormat.