What is the java equivalent of pythonic "a" * 10?

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I want to build a string which contains the number of "a" based on the a runtime variable i.For example if the value of i is 3 value of string would be "aaa" if the value of i is 5 string would be "aaaaa".how can i create it in java [ without the obvious way of creating a stringbuffer in a loop] for example in python i can just do string = 'a' * i.

Possible Duplicate : http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2255500/can-i-multiply-strings-in-java-to-repeat-sequences — TJ-, Jun 21 '12 at 05:42
Also possible duplicate of this http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2306235/java-repeat-character which seems to provide an answer closer to what this user is asking. — JRSofty, Jun 21 '12 at 06:11

score 3 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 21 '12 at 05:45

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Using Google Guava we can do his with repeat method:

public static String repeat(String string,int count)

Returns a string consisting of a specific number of concatenated copies of an input string. For example, repeat("hey", 3) returns the string "heyheyhey".

answered Jun 21 '12 at 05:45

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I guess they too use StringBuffer in a for loop internally – Bunny Rabbit Jun 21 '12 at 06:07

Siva Tumma · Answer 2 · 2013-02-21T15:50:23.350

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char [] a = new char[5];
Arrays.fill(a, 'f');

edited Feb 21 '13 at 15:50

answered Feb 21 '13 at 14:14

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What is the java equivalent of pythonic "a" * 10?

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