Padding for DecimalFormat?

[Timo Nentwig]

Hi!

Is there no padding/alignment for DecimalFormat?

d = new DecimalFormat("00000000");
d.format(1234);

will return "00001234". "########" will return "1234". And how do I get "
1234"?

Timo

 

[Thomas Schodt]

Is there no padding/alignment for DecimalFormat?

d = new DecimalFormat("00000000");
d.format(1234);

will return "00001234". "########" will return "1234".
And how do I get " 1234"?

Not without extra processing.

NumberFormat d = new DecimalFormat("########");
String s = d.format(1234);
String s0 = " ".substring(s.length()) + s;

 

[Roedy Green]

Not without extra processing.

Java presumes you will display the result in a JTextField that lets
you specify right or left justification. It generally has no built in
features for padding with left zeroes. Misc.LZ will do it for you in
from http://mindprod.com/products.html#BUS

 

[Tony Dahlman]

Hi!

Is there no padding/alignment for DecimalFormat?

d = new DecimalFormat("00000000");
d.format(1234);

will return "00001234". "########" will return "1234". And how do I get "
1234"?

Timo

You got good answers. But I should add that a really simple way (if you're
not pasting the result into a JTextField) is:

http://pws.prserv.net/ad/programs/Programs.html#PaddedDecimalFormat

Oh, and please let me know if you improve on it.

Regards, Tony Dahlman