public class PrintfExamples { public static void main(String[] args) { String [] words = new String [] { "a", "ape", "asdfasdfasdfasdfasdfasdfasdfadsfasdf" }; System.out.printf( "%-10s %s\n", "Word", "Length" ); for ( String word : words ) System.out.printf( "%-10.10s %s\n", word, word.length() ); } } /* Word Length a 1 ape 3 asdfasdfas 36 */