Using PadRight but want to actually cut the string off at that length

[matpj]

Hi all,

I am using the PadRight method I found online in order to pad a string by 'x' number of characters to the right.
here is the method:

public static String padRight(String s, int n) {
        return String.format("%1$-" + n + "s", s);
    }

If my string is longer than the number of characters I want to pad it by, then I want the string to be cut short.

This is my call to that method:

padRight(rs.getString(3), 11)

but very occassionally the result of rs.GetString(2) is longer than the 11 characters I specify in the call.
When this happens I want the string to me NO MORE than 11.

Can anybody advise?

Thanks and Regards,
Matt

[matpj]

sorry peeps, I think I have worked it out.

I altered the padRight method to include a substring:

public static String padRight(String s, int n) {
        return String.format("%1$-" + n + "s", s).substring(0, n);
    }

it seems to work and I don't think I am breakig it by introducing that.