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copied!<p>Something like</p> <pre><code>String.format("%10.2f", yourFloat) // or System.out.format("%10.2f", yourFloat) </code></pre> <p>Will print a 10-character wide (including decimal) string, with two numeric characters after the decimal.</p> <p>(<a href="http://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/api/java/lang/String.html#format%28java.lang.String,%20java.lang.Object...%29" rel="nofollow">Docs</a>)</p> <p>So </p> <pre><code>String.format("$%6.2f", value[i]) </code></pre> <p>will align both the <code>$</code> and <code>.</code> characters (unless <code>value[i] > 999.99</code>).</p> <hr> <p>Instead of:</p> <pre><code>System.out.println( num[i] +"\t "+ qty[i] +"\t "+ money.format(price[i])+"\t"+ money.format(value[i])+"\t"+ reorder[i]); </code></pre> <p>(which is exactly what you had, just formatted for clarity and to remove the scroll bar)</p> <p>I'd probably write:</p> <pre><code>System.out.format("%5d\t %5d\t $%5.2f\t $%6.2f\t %5d %n", num[i], qty[i], price[i], value[i], reorder[i]); </code></pre> <p>This assumes that the <code>price</code> and <code>value</code> arrays are floats or doubles. Since <code>money</code> isn't a standard class, it's hard to tell exactly what it does other than add a <code>$</code> sign.</p> <hr> <p>The string format syntax is defined in the docs, but for floats it's <strong>roughly</strong>:</p> <pre><code>%X.Yf </code></pre> <p>Where <code>X</code> is the total field width and <code>Y</code> is the number of decimal points</p> <p>For example</p> <pre><code>"123.40" Has a total width of 6: 3 + 1 [decimal point] + 2 = 6) " 2.34" Also has a total width of 6: 2 [spaces] + 1 + 1 [decimal point] + 2 = 6 </code></pre>

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