Format a number with leading ones

How do I format a number with leading ones or twos?
This is what I'd do to format a number with 8 leading zeroes:
String.format("%08d", 160)But, if I do the same with 8 leading ones, it does not work the way that I expect:
String.format("%18d", 160)I'd appreciate your help.
Thanks.

933581 wrote:
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What are you expecting?
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I expected that "%18d" would pad with 1s.You assumed
mmm I just thought that while "%08d" pads with 0s, the same would happen if I used "%18d" to pad with 1s.But if you would have looked at the javadoc of that method you would have very quickly known this was not the case and you wouldn't even had to create this thread. Why operate on guesswork when it is so easy to know reality? :(

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