class LeftPad
{
public static String leftPad(String inputStr,
int paddedLength,
char ch) {
if (paddedLength <= inputStr.length()) {
return inputStr;
}
StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
paddedLength = paddedLength - inputStr.length();
for (int i = 0; i < paddedLength; ++i) {
sb.append(ch);
}
sb.append(inputStr);
return sb.toString();
}
public static String leftPad(String inputStr,
int paddedLength) {
return leftPad(inputStr, paddedLength, '.');
}
public static void main (String[] args)
throws java.lang.Exception {
System.out.println(leftPad("1", 1));
System.out.println(leftPad("2", 2));
System.out.println(leftPad("3", 3));
System.out.println(leftPad("4", 4));
System.out.println(leftPad("5", 5));
System.out.println(leftPad("hello", 7));
System.out.println(leftPad("foo", 6));
System.out.println(leftPad("foo", 3));
System.out.println(leftPad("foobar", 3));
System.out.println(leftPad("foo", 6, '?'));
}
}