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I found what setZeroDigit does. it sets the given character as the
representation for zero.
for eg if you say, setZeroDigit('1') and try to print 1234 you get 2345! It
is usually used when combined with international number set.
but the padding with spaces instead of 0's is still a problem.

Vasudevan Srinivasan wrote:

> Hi
> How do I pad a decimalformatted number with spaces?  for eg, if the
> number is 1234 i need to print as <b><b><b>1234
> where <b> is blank space. If I use the # char to format, I get 0s
> instead of <b> like 0001234. I tried
> DecimalFormat.getDecimalFormatSymbols().setZeroDigit(' ')  but it doesnt
> work. What does this function do? The help says nothing or nothing
> useful on this. I couldnt find anything on java tutorials on suns site
> too. Any suggestions?
>
> Thanks,
> Vasu