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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

Timo Nentwig wrote:

> 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;

On Mon, 05 Jan 2004 13:29:39 +0000, Thomas Schodt
<> wrote or quoted :

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

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Timo Nentwig wrote:
>
> 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/Pr...dDecimalFormat

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

Regards, Tony Dahlman
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