Is there an easy way to output two columns to the console in Java?

Question

As the title says, is there an easy way to output two columns to the console in Java?

I'm aware of /t, but I haven't found a way to space based on a specific column when using printf.

Answer 1

Use the width and precision specifiers, set to the same value. This will pad strings that are too short, and truncate strings that are too long. The '-' flag will left-justify the values in the columns.

System.out.printf("%-30.30s  %-30.30s%n", v1, v2);

Answer 2

So I put together a small test program to demonstrate the formatter and its ability to output text (or numbers) in columns. But it produces ragged output??? Here is the code snippet:

    StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
    // Send all output to the Appendable object sb
    Formatter formatter = new Formatter(sb);
    System.out.printf ("%-10.10s %-10.10s %-10.10s\n", "one", "two", "three\n");
    formatter.format("%-10.10s %-10.10s %-10.10s", "one", "two", "three\n");
    formatter.format("%-10.10s %-10.10s %-10.10s", "one", "two", "three\n");
    formatter.format("%-10.10s %-10.10s %-10.10s", "four", "five", "six\n");
    formatter.format("%-10.10s %-10.10s %-10.10s", "one", "two", "three\n");
    formatter.format("%-10.10s %-10.10s %-10.10s", "four", "five", "six\n");
    System.out.println(sb);

And here is the output produced:

one        two        three
one        two        three
four       five       six
  one        two        three
four       five       six

So whats wrong with the formatting... why dont the columns line up??