I am currently trying to print out a table on java but am having a hard time get

Question

I am currently trying to print out a table on java but am having a hard time getting it to display. I know how to display a table of numbers like:

1....23.... 45

6 .....78 ....9

5...... 8 .....39

but what i cant figure out is how to print out a table with titles. for example

...........Height.. Weight ...Age

Rod..... 70 .........210 .........31

Tod...... 67.... ......195......... 23

Bob ......74......... 231 ......36

I am looking for an example that'll point me in the right direction so i can better understand it.

The periods are just used for spacing to give a better representation of what I am looking to achieve. I had to put them there because it kept taking the spaces off and bunching everything together

Explanation / Answer

I hope the following code helps, comment if you have an doubt

public class Tester {

public static void main(String[] args) {

String heading = "Name";

String heading1 = "Height";

String heading2 = "Weight";

String heading3 = "Age";

//- specifies the left alignment if we remove the - sign then the text is right aligned to the table

// 20 specifies the spacing between variables

//printf function is used to perform this task

System.out.printf( "%-20s %-20s %-20s %-20s %n", heading, heading1, heading2, heading3);

String name= "Rod";

int height=70;

int weight= 210;

int age= 31;

System.out.printf( "%-20s %-20s %-20s %-20s %n", name, height, weight, age);

}

}

Output:

Name Height Weight Age
Rod 70 210 31   

Screenshot is not uploading in which it is aligned properly.

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