How to format a String with other elements using format()

Question

I would like to know how to format a String 08041995 on 08/04/1995 using the Java format() method

    PrintStream ps = new PrintStream(arq);
    String valor = "250,35";
    ps.format("R$ "+"%s", valor);
    ps.flush();

I was able to insert a String (R$) at the beginning of the String (value), but insert elements in a String, such as bars... I don’t know.

How to do it? Thanks!

Answer 1

You won’t be able to use the String.format for this, but you can break the string into 3 parts (using substring) for such:

String valor = "08041995";
String formatado = valor.substring(0, 2) + "/" +
                   valor.substring(2, 4) + "/" +
                   valor.substring(4, 8);