Hi,
I am trying to append and print (PDF) two spaces at the end of the value of the text field to align the decimal digits properly. But I am unable to find a suitable pattern to match whitespace. I understood that space gets truncated getting printed in PDF and hence tried to use unicode character - '\\u00A0' for space.
I get the below :
Balance
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350.00 CR
10.00
50.00 CR
10 CR
But I need :
Balance
------------------
350.00 CR
10.00
50.00 CR
10.00
I tried below for a space in the patten, but no luck.
###.## '\\u00a0';###.## CR
Can anyone please guide me?
Thanks
Karthick
2 Answers:
If you're trying to line those columns up in PDF, then consider breaking it into 2 fields. Align the numbers to the right so they match up perfectly. Then in the next field display "CR" or [nothing] based on whether the value is positive or negative. The second field will be left aligned.
Regards,
Matt
@mdahlman : Thank you. That is a good idea. But as I have sequence of fields with the same setup and introducing another field changes my alignment of the template in whole, I have implemented the below option.
As I didnt succeed with any appropriate pattern, I appended two spaces at the end of the value with the help of ternary operator in the text expression.
TEXT FIELD EXPRESSION :
($F{field_name}.endsWith("CR") ? $F{field_name} : $F{field_name} + "\\u00A0\\u00A0\\u00A0")
Happy coding
Karthick Chandran
