How to add zeros to the left of a numeric String in Java?

Damian99

I need to add zeros to the left of a number until it gets six digits.

Ex. If the number is 5, it should be formatted as 000005.

Can someone please let me know how to achieve this in Java?

Xartrick

String.format("%05d", 5);

DavidM

You can use,

String.format("%06d", your_number);

for zero-padding with length=6.

More info on: http://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/api/java/util/Formatter.html