Output is not aligning

Question

Hi,
Can someone please tell me what I can do to make my output align correctly? I used Titanic and then Mission Impossible for the name of the DVD's and the output is all off. It's correct but not aligned right with the column headings.
Thank you!!!
import java.util.Scanner;
import java.text.*;
public class inventory
  public static void main(String[] args)
    //This will hold the product name
    String name;
    //This will hold the value number of products
    int numberofproducts;
    //Creates a Scanner object to read input
    Scanner input = new Scanner(System.in);
    //Creating a number format instance to make pay print with 2 decimal digits
    NumberFormat nf = NumberFormat.getInstance();
    nf.setMaximumFractionDigits(2);      ; ;
    //prompting user to enter number of products (array size)
    System.out.print("Enter the number of products:  ");
    numberofproducts = input.nextInt();
    //creating an array of products to store information in
    DVD[] productarray = new DVD[numberofproducts];
    //This will loop until the number of products is 0
    for(int j = 0; j < numberofproducts; j++)
        productarray[j] = new DVD();
      //prompting user to enter product name
      System.out.print("Enter the DVD Title:  ");
      input.nextLine();
      //reading user's input
      productarray[j].setName(input.nextLine());
      //prompting user to enter the product number
      System.out.print("Enter the product number for " + productarray[j].getName() + " :  ");
      //reading user's input
      productarray[j].setProductnumber(input.nextInt());
      //prompting user to enter the price per unit
      System.out.print("Enter the price per unit for " + productarray[j].getName() + " :  ");
      //reading user's input
      productarray[j].setPriceperunit(input.nextDouble());
      //prompting user for the number of units
      System.out.print("Enter the number of units " + productarray[j].getName() + " on hand: ");
      //reading user's input
      productarray[j].setNumberofunits(input.nextInt());
       //Calculating the Value of Invetory
      nextProduct.setValueofinventory(nextProduct.getPriceperunit() * nextProduct.getNumberofunits());
      grandTotal += nextProduct.getValueofinventory();
      productarray[i] = nextProduct;
      input.nextLine();
    }//end for loop
    //Displaying the Inventory
    System.out.println("Item #\tName\tProduct #\t# of Units\tUnit Cost\tTotal Cost");
    for(int j = 0; j < numberofproducts; j++)
        System.out.print((j + 1) + "\t" + productarray[j].getName() + "\t" + productarray[j].getProductnumber() + "\t\t");
        System.out.print(productarray[j].getNumberofunits() + "\t\t$" + nf.format(productarray[j].getPriceperunit()) + "\t\t$");
        System.out.println(nf.format(productarray[j].getValueofinventory()));
    }//end for loop
System.out.println("The Value of the entire inventory is:  " + "$" + grandTotal );
  }//end main method
}//end class inventory
class DVD extends product
    private double valueofinventory;
    private double restockingfee;
    public DVD()
    }//end constructor
  //sets the valueofinventory variable plus a 5% restocking fee
  public void setValueofinventory(double valueofinventory)
        restockingfee = valueofinventory * .05;
    this.valueofinventory = valueofinventory * 1.05;
  }//end setValueofinventory
  //returns the valueofinventory value
  public double getValueofinventory()
      return valueofinventory;
  }//end getValueofinventory
  //returns the restockingfee value
  public double getRestockingfee()
      return restockingfee;
  }//end getRestockingfee
}//end class DVD
//This class will hold the information for the product
class product
  //This will hold the product name
  private String name;
  //This will hold the values for product number, price of each unit, and number of units in stock
  private int productnumber, numberofunits;
  //This will hold the price of each unit
  private double priceperunit, valueofinventory;
    public product()
    }//end constructor
    //Sets the name variable
    public void setName(String name)
        this.name = name;
    }//end setName
    //returns the string value for Name
    public String getName()
        return name;
    }//end getName
    //sets the productnumber variable
    public void setProductnumber(int productnumber)
        this.productnumber = productnumber;
    }//end setProductNumber
    //returns the integer assigned to productnumber
    public int getProductnumber()
        return productnumber;
    }//end getProductnumber
    //sets the priceperunit variable
    public void setPriceperunit(double priceperunit)
        this.priceperunit = priceperunit;
    }//end setPriceperunit
    //returns the priceperunit value
    public double getPriceperunit()
        return priceperunit;
    }//end getPriceperunit
    //sets the valueofinventory variable
    public void setValueofinventory(double valueofinventory)
        this.valueofinventory = valueofinventory;
    }//end setValueofinventory
    //returns the valueofinventory value
    public double getValueofinventory()
        return valueofinventory;
    }//end getValueofinventory
    //sets the numberofunits variable
    public void setNumberofunits(int numberofunits)
        this.numberofunits = numberofunits;
    }//end setNumberofunits
    //returns the numberofunits value
    public int getNumberofunits()
        return numberofunits;
    }//end getNumberofunits
}//end class product

Answer 1

Java is not actually designed and developed for stand alone console application. So you cannot expect output in console as you thought. There may be third party utilities for your needs. Just google it. You can use your own logic to do this. It is not difficult. Anyhow I include this code here. This would be helpful I hope.
public static String padAlign(String string, int fieldLength, char padding, boolean alignRight)
int length = fieldLength - string.length();
if (length <= 0)
return string.substring(0,string.length());
StringBuffer buffer = new StringBuffer(fieldLength);
for(int i=0; i<length; i++)
buffer.append(padding);
if (alignRight)
buffer.append(string);
else
buffer.insert(0,string);
return new String(buffer);
public static void main(String[] args)
System.out.println(padAlign("Test",20,' ',true)+" "+padAlign("Test again",20,' ',true));
System.out.println("--------------------|--------------------|");
System.out.println(padAlign("Test",20,' ',false)+" "+padAlign("Test again",20,' ',false));
}