How do I properly align using String.format in Java?

Question

Let\'s say I have a couple variable and I want to format them so they\'re all aligned, but the variables are different lengths. For example:

String a = \"abc         


        

Answer 1

You can achieve it as below-

    String a = "abcdef";
    String b = "abcdefhijk";
    double price = 4.56;

    System.out.println(String.format("%-10s %-10.2f", a, price));
    System.out.println(String.format("%-10s %-10.2f", b, price));

output:

   abcdef     4.56      
   abcdefhijk 4.56