Printing with print() and table making

Question

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import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import java.util.*;
public class CarLoan {
public static double p(double d, double i, double t) {
return (d * (i / 12) * Math.pow( (1+(i/12)), t)) / (Math.pow((1+(i/12)), t) - 1);
//computes balance b(m) at m months for simple interest loan
// of d and annual interest i term of t months
public static double b(double m, double d, double i, double t) {
return (d * Math.pow((1+(i/12)), m)) - p(d,i,t) * (Math.pow((1+(i/12)), m) -1) / (i/12);
public static double f(double m, double d, double i, double t) {
return d - p(d,i,t) * m + c(m,d,i,t) * (m * (2 * t - m + 1) / (t * (t +1)));
public static double c(double m, double d, double i, double t) {
return d - p(d,i,t) * (m -1) + b(m,d,i,t);
public static void main(String[] args) {
System.out.println("Car Loan Calculator");
Scanner stdin = new Scanner(System.in);
System.out.println("Enter your amount to finance:");
double d = stdin.nextDouble();
System.out.println("Enter your annual interest rate (in decimals,ie 0.07 is 7%): ");
double i = stdin.nextDouble();
System.out.println("Enter your term (in months): ");
double t = stdin.nextDouble();
System.out.println();
for(double m = 0;m <= t; m++) {
double balanceSimple = b(m,d,i,t);
double balancePrecomp = f(m,d,i,t);
double monthlyPayment = p(d,i,t);
double totalInterest = c(m,d,i,t);
System.out.printf("%4d %4f\n",m , balanceSimple);
//Enter totals in this line here
//System.out.println("Totals " +
Can someone help me print a table with printf() ? Or if you know another way to do it or HOW to do it, that'd help, thanks

Answer 1

No need to: there are no formatting possibilities
available using a PrintStream.
There's just a bunch of overloaded methods for all
the primitives and the
print[ln](Object arg) method simply uses the
toString() method on
the object argument ...
OTOH I don't like the printf() method much
either ... I know what hoops the
C version has to go through to get the job done. IMHO
it doesn't justify the
utility value in Java; but that's just me ;-)Thanks for the input.
kind regards,And to you.
Jos� {�