For format specifier, import the following package −
import java.util.Formatter;
Create a formatter object and set space format specifier −
Formatter f = new Formatter(); f.format("% d", -50); System.out.println(f); f = new Formatter(); f.format("% d", 90); System.out.println(f); f = new Formatter(); f.format("%10d", -50); System.out.println(f); f = new Formatter(); f.format("% 10d", 90); System.out.println(f);
The following is an example displaying different forms of space format specifiers −
import java.util.Formatter; public class Demo { public static void main(String args[]) { Formatter f = new Formatter(); f.format("% d", -50); System.out.println(f); f = new Formatter(); f.format("% d", 90); System.out.println(f); f = new Formatter(); f.format("%10d", -50); System.out.println(f); f = new Formatter(); f.format("% 10d", 90); System.out.println(f); f = new Formatter(); f.format("%12.2f", -7.598); System.out.println(f); f = new Formatter(); f.format("% 12.3f", 90.87787); System.out.println(f); } }
-50 90 -50 90 -7.60 90.878