justify output

**_lithium_** · January 27th, 2011, 05:23 PM

I'm having an issue with justifying text output with printf(). So far I need the "sales" variable and "age" to be right justified, but just can't figure out to get it.

				String name = nameTextField.getText();
				String age = ageTextField.getText();
				int sales =Integer.parseInt(salesTextField.getText());
                nameTextField.setText("");
                ageTextField.setText("");
                salesTextField.setText("");
                System.out.printf("  " + name + "                  " + age + "      " +  ef.format(sales) + "\n");

I had the "ef.format" format the decimal places and need it to be aligned on the right side (lining up the decimals). Anybody know a solution?

**aussiemcgr** · January 27th, 2011, 06:10 PM

Well printf is designed for formatting, I would probably use it accordingly. If you have ever used C, it works the same way.

This should answer all of your printf questions (Using Java's printf( ) Method : printf MethodDevelopmentJava Tutorial)

**_lithium_** · January 28th, 2011, 10:21 PM

Well I've found that link before, I just can't get anything to line up like this:

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