Formatting java command line output - Multi line string

[dricco]

Is it possible to format output of a string across multiple lines. Writting a script in java that's going to output information to the user in the command line (Max width 80 characters). Some of my strings are longer that 80 character and want to display them accross multiple lines. Won't be using a db. bad example below, sorry!!!

Name       Age       Address            Active
____        ___     ______             _____

John        24       No .1 The         Yes
                        house, the 
                        World      

Paul         26       unknown           No

Is this format possible with printf formatter?

thanks in advance..

[Norm]

Yes, I think it is. Have you tried it?
You will have to break the String up and insert leading spaces for the continued lines

[dricco]

Got the first part (converting to multiple lines), working on the second now

	private List<String> SplitIntoLines(String convertToLines) {
		
		List<String> convertedToLines = new ArrayList<String>();
		char[] charArray = convertToLines.toCharArray();
		int start = 0;
        // start with 
		for (int i = 20; i < charArray.length; i++) {
			if (charArray[i] == ' ') {
				convertedToLines.add(convertToLines.substring(start, i));
				start = i+1;
				i += 20;
			}
		}
		convertedToLines.add(convertToLines.substring(start));
		return convertedToLines;
	}