Left padding a String with Zeros [duplicate]

Answer 1

I prefer this code:

public final class StrMgr {

    public static String rightPad(String input, int length, String fill){                   
        String pad = input.trim() + String.format("%"+length+"s", "").replace(" ", fill);
        return pad.substring(0, length);              
    }       

    public static String leftPad(String input, int length, String fill){            
        String pad = String.format("%"+length+"s", "").replace(" ", fill) + input.trim();
        return pad.substring(pad.length() - length, pad.length());
    }
}

and then:

System.out.println(StrMgr.leftPad("hello", 20, "x")); 
System.out.println(StrMgr.rightPad("hello", 20, "x"));