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Groovy - padLeft()
Pad the String with the spaces appended to the left.This method has 2 different variants.
String padLeft(Number numberOfCharacters) − Pad the String with the spaces appended to the left.
Syntax
String padLeft(Number numberOfCharacters)
Parameters
numberOfCharacters – The number of characters to pad the string with.
Return Value − The new value of the string with the padded characters
String padLeft(Number numberOfCharacters, String padding) − Pad the String with the padding characters appended to the left.
Syntax
String padLeft(Number numberOfCharacters, String padding)
Parameters
numberOfCharacters − The number of characters to pad the string with.
Padding − The character to apply for the padding.
Return Value − The new value of the string with the padded characters.
Example
Following is an example of the usage of both method variants −
class Example {
static void main(String[] args) {
String a = "Hello World";
println(a.padLeft(14));
println(a.padLeft(16));
println(a.padLeft(16,'*'));
println(a.padLeft(14,'*'));
}
}
When we run the above program, we will get the following result −
Hello World Hello World *****Hello World ***Hello World