How to use printf(Java 5.0) to print variable in specified range?

[Shawn]

Hi,

I want to print out two variable values in one line in specified location.
Say, num = 3.14, str = "hello"

I want to print out num at the location between 10 and 15(right
justified) and str at the location between 20 and 30(left justified).

I dont' want to hard-code the spaces, because the spaces in between
depends on the value of num and str and their value can be different
each time.

I don't know Java 5.0 printf can do such a job. I have read its
tutorial, but I cannot find out how to set the location without hard-coding.

Thank you very much.

 

[Christopher Benson-Manica]

I want to print out two variable values in one line in specified location.
Say, num = 3.14, str = "hello"

format( "%15.5f%-10s", num, str );

I don't know Java 5.0 printf can do such a job. I have read its
tutorial, but I cannot find out how to set the location without hard-coding.

Admittedly I'm not 100% sure the above is correct; the documentation
is a good bit more involved than C's printf().