Formatting column output in Java

Question

I have the below output from a loop in java, I would like to know as to how to set the gap between the columns so the output looks neat.

Name[Last,First]:Cruise, Tom     Movie:MI    Year:1990s     
Name[Last,First]:Hanks, Tom     Movie:Cast Away     Year:2000s

I want the Movie and year to be aligned along the same line. I have used three methods getName() , getMovie, getYear() to obtain data.

Bigandrewgold · Accepted Answer · 2012-03-18 20:48:03Z

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try to use the tab character, If i remember right it will make it align nicely

\t

or Learn the printf, which is a shortcut for String.format();

System.out.printf("%12s%12s%n",hand1,h…

% = entity

s = String var placeholder

12 = spaces

%n = system independent line-end return

answered Mar 18, 2012 at 20:48

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aretai · Accepted Answer · 2012-03-18 20:49:38Z

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Try to use format() or printf() method of the String class.

answered Mar 18, 2012 at 20:49

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