Is there a way to half tab?

Question

I am printing a multiplication table but it comes out messing looking.

 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 24
 3 6 9 12 15 18 21 24 27 30 33 36
 4 8 12 16 20 24 28 32 36 40 44 48
 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 60
 6 12 18 24 30 36 42 48 54 60 66 72
 7 14 21 28 35 42 49 56 63 70 77 84
 8 16 24 32 40 48 56 64 72 80 88 96
 9 18 27 36 45 54 63 72 81 90 99 108
 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 110 120
 11 22 33 44 55 66 77 88 99 110 121 132
 12 24 36 48 60 72 84 96 108 120 132 144

When i Tab it the data overflows to the next line in CMD. is there a half tab that can pad the data and make it more structured looking, or at least a way to make it look better.

Solution

You could use System.out.printf to allocate a fixed number of characters for each digit. For instance

System.out.printf("%4d", n);

will show the value of n right-justified in a four-character field.