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Utility class wanted to parse strings

Posted by hbar on January 16, 2001 at 10:18 AM

Does java contain a utility class that performs the same functionality as sprintf in C.

I have a set of strings say :
stringOne
stringTwo
stringThree

I want to enter them into a string buffer so that -
stringOne takes characters 0 to 20 space filled
stringTwo takes characters 21 to 39 space filled
stringThree takes characters 40 to 60 space filled

Is there a utilty class that will aid, or is it a matter of concatenating the strings and spaces as appropriate ?

Thanks