Java string align to right

Question

I have an array of these numbers

61672
8414449
264957

I use a DecimalFormat object like this

DecimalFormat formatter = new DecimalFormat("###,### bytes");

to get these results

61,672 bytes
8,414,449 bytes
264,957 bytes

but I need the results to be aligned to right like the following

   61,672 bytes
8,414,449 bytes
  264,957 bytes

Your help is already appreciated.

Possible duplicate: stackoverflow.com/questions/388461/padding-strings-in-java — Jared Farrish
– Jared Farrish, Commented May 21, 2011 at 7:55

Howard · Accepted Answer · 2011-05-21 07:56:59Z

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You can wrap it into a String.format call like this:

String.format("%15s", formatter.format(i))

answered May 21, 2011 at 7:56

Howard

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@David The OP defined that object.