Java string format

[Drenriza]

Hey guys.

I have a program where i query a MS-SQL database and returns a result set with about 150 entries, in 12 cells.

My question is, how can i format the returning result in a table format in a console program?

See example in picture since the editor cant display as i want it. Thanks.

I have looked at System.out.printf and System.out.format but i cant wrap my head around it ;/ So hoping someone can help me out or point me in the right direction.

Thanks in advance.
Kind regards.

[dwhitney67]

See example in picture since the editor cant display as i want it. Thanks.

Baloney... use CODE tags to preserve output.

See if this helps:


public class Format
{
public static void main(String[] args)
{
String[] raw = { "1", "222", "33333333", "44444", "5555", "6666666", "777777",
"888888", "999999", "11", "22", "3333", "444", "5555555", "666",
"7777777", "88888888", "9999", "111", "222", "333333", "4444444",
"555", "6666666", "7777777", "888888", "99999" };

for (int i = 0; i < raw.length; ++i)
{
if (i % 9 == 0) System.out.println();

System.out.format("%-8s ", raw[i]);
}
System.out.println();
}
}

Output looks like:



1 222 33333333 44444 5555 6666666 777777 888888 999999
11 22 3333 444 5555555 666 7777777 88888888 9999
111 222 333333 4444444 555 6666666 7777777 888888 99999