Formatted String Does Not Work When Write To A Portlet

[Akino877]

Hello,

I have a Java formatted string which looks like the following :

PrintWriter out = renderResponse.getWriter();
...
String format = "|%1$-30s|%2$-10s|%3$-10s|%4$-10s|%5$-10s";
out.printf(format, field1, field2, field3, field4, field5);

And I can write this formatted string to the sdtout or a file; it works fine. But when I try to write it to a portlet, the formatting does not work. The widths of the fields do not get printed.

I wonder if someone could please tell me what I am doing wrong/what I need to do to get this to work.

Thank you so much,

Akino