我知道这个线程有点老了，最初的问题是为了一个简单的解决方案，但如果它应该是真的很快，你应该使用字符数组。

public static String pad(String str, int size, char padChar)
{
    if (str.length() < size)
    {
        char[] temp = new char[size];
        int i = 0;

        while (i < str.length())
        {
            temp[i] = str.charAt(i);
            i++;
        }

        while (i < size)
        {
            temp[i] = padChar;
            i++;
        }

        str = new String(temp);
    }

    return str;
}

格式化程序解决方案不是最佳的。仅仅构建格式字符串就会创建2个新字符串。

Apache的解决方案可以通过用目标大小初始化sb来改进，从而替换下面的内容

StringBuffer padded = new StringBuffer(str); 

与

StringBuffer padded = new StringBuffer(pad); 
padded.append(value);

会阻止某人内部缓冲的增长。

在Dzone上找到的

用零填充:

String.format("|%020d|", 93); // prints: |00000000000000000093|

除了Apache Commons，还请参阅String。格式，应该能够照顾简单的填充(例如与空格)。

下面是另一种向右填充的方法:

// put the number of spaces, or any character you like, in your paddedString

String paddedString = "--------------------";

String myStringToBePadded = "I like donuts";

myStringToBePadded = myStringToBePadded + paddedString.substring(myStringToBePadded.length());

//result:
myStringToBePadded = "I like donuts-------";

概括一下Eko的答案(Java 11+):

public class StringUtils {
    public static String padLeft(String s, char fill, int padSize) {
        if (padSize < 0) {
            var err = "padSize must be >= 0 (was " + padSize + ")";
            throw new java.lang.IllegalArgumentException(err);
        }

        int repeats = Math.max(0, padSize - s.length());
        return Character.toString(fill).repeat(repeats) + s;
    }

    public static String padRight(String s, char fill, int padSize) {
        if (padSize < 0) {
            var err = "padSize must be >= 0 (was " + padSize + ")";
            throw new java.lang.IllegalArgumentException(err);
        }

        int repeats = Math.max(0, padSize - s.length());
        return s + Character.toString(fill).repeat(repeats);
    }

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        System.out.println(padLeft("", 'x', 5)); // => xxxxx
        System.out.println(padLeft("1", 'x', 5)); // => xxxx1
        System.out.println(padLeft("12", 'x', 5)); // => xxx12
        System.out.println(padLeft("123", 'x', 5)); // => xx123
        System.out.println(padLeft("1234", 'x', 5)); // => x1234
        System.out.println(padLeft("12345", 'x', 5)); // => 12345
        System.out.println(padLeft("123456", 'x', 5)); // => 123456

        System.out.println(padRight("", 'x', 5)); // => xxxxx
        System.out.println(padRight("1", 'x', 5)); // => 1xxxx
        System.out.println(padRight("12", 'x', 5)); // => 12xxx
        System.out.println(padRight("123", 'x', 5)); // => 123xx
        System.out.println(padRight("1234", 'x', 5)); // => 1234x
        System.out.println(padRight("12345", 'x', 5)); // => 12345
        System.out.println(padRight("123456", 'x', 5)); // => 123456

        System.out.println(padRight("1", 'x', -1)); // => throws
    }
}

在番石榴中，这很简单:

Strings.padStart("string", 10, ' ');
Strings.padEnd("string", 10, ' ');