Can I multiply strings in Java to repeat sequences? [duplicate]

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The easiest way in plain Java with no dependencies is the following one-liner:

new String(new char[generation]).replace("\0", "-")

Replace generation with number of repetitions, and the “-” with the string (or char) you want repeated.

All this does is create an empty string containing n number of 0x00 characters, and the built-in String#replace method does the rest.

Here’s a sample to copy and paste:

public static String repeat(int count, String with) {
    return new String(new char[count]).replace("\0", with);
}

public static String repeat(int count) {
    return repeat(count, " ");
}

public static void main(String[] args) {
    for (int n = 0; n < 10; n++) {
        System.out.println(repeat(n) + " Hello");
    }

    for (int n = 0; n < 10; n++) {
        System.out.println(repeat(n, ":-) ") + " Hello");
    }
}

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