Question

I am having issues trying to display the data in the console.. i just want it to show organized or close to organized. This is how i am pulling the data

 // Loop through the result set
       while( rs.next() )
       {
          System.out.print( rs.getInt(1) ) ;
          System.out.print("   |   ");
          System.out.print( rs.getString(2) );
          System.out.print("   |   ");
          System.out.print( rs.getString(3) );
       }

but this data shows all over the place like this..

  123 Blaah St   |   Apt 2A   |   FL   
  Fort   |   null   |   FL   
  5601 N Dixie Hwy   |   null   |   FL  

Is there a good advise to format this better in java?

Answer 1

Take a look at System.out.format.

Example:

String format = "|%1$-10s|%2$-10s|%3$-20s|\n";
System.out.format(format, "Short", "Other", "Field");
System.out.format(format, "Very long", "", "Text");
System.out.format(format, "Long too!", ":)", "Bye");