How to center string output using printf() and variable width? [java]

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I'm creating an output in Java using printf() to create table headers. One of the columns needs variable width.

Basically it should look like this:

//two coords
Trial    Column Heading
1        (20,30)(30,20)
//three coords
Trial        Column Heading
1        (20,40)(50,10)(90,30)

I tried to use:

int spacing = numCoords * 7; //size of column
printf("Trial    %*^s", column, "Column Heading");

But I keep getting output errors when I try to use * or ^ in the conversion statement.

Does anyone have any idea what the correct formatting string should be?

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