Android String Repeat repeat(String str, int repeat)

Description

Repeat a String repeat times to form a new String.

 StringUtils.repeat(null, 2) = null StringUtils.repeat("", 0)   = "" StringUtils.repeat("", 2)   = "" StringUtils.repeat("a", 3)  = "aaa" StringUtils.repeat("ab", 2) = "abab" StringUtils.repeat("a", -2) = "" 

Parameter

Parameter	Description
str	the String to repeat, may be null
repeat	number of times to repeat str, negative treated as zero

Return

a new String consisting of the original String repeated, null if null String input

Declaration

public static String repeat(String str, int repeat) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;

public class Main {
    public static final String EMPTY = "";
    private static final int PAD_LIMIT = 8192;

    /**//from ww  w  .  j a va  2 s .c o  m
     * <p>Repeat a String {@code repeat} times to form a
     * new String.</p>
     *
     * <pre>
     * StringUtils.repeat(null, 2) = null
     * StringUtils.repeat("", 0)   = ""
     * StringUtils.repeat("", 2)   = ""
     * StringUtils.repeat("a", 3)  = "aaa"
     * StringUtils.repeat("ab", 2) = "abab"
     * StringUtils.repeat("a", -2) = ""
     * </pre>
     *
     * @param str  the String to repeat, may be null
     * @param repeat  number of times to repeat str, negative treated as zero
     * @return a new String consisting of the original String repeated,
     *  {@code null} if null String input
     */
    public static String repeat(String str, int repeat) {
        // Performance tuned for 2.0 (JDK1.4)

        if (str == null) {
            return null;
        }
        if (repeat <= 0) {
            return EMPTY;
        }
        int inputLength = str.length();
        if (repeat == 1 || inputLength == 0) {
            return str;
        }
        if (inputLength == 1 && repeat <= PAD_LIMIT) {
            return repeat(str.charAt(0), repeat);
        }

        int outputLength = inputLength * repeat;
        switch (inputLength) {
        case 1:
            return repeat(str.charAt(0), repeat);
        case 2:
            char ch0 = str.charAt(0);
            char ch1 = str.charAt(1);
            char[] output2 = new char[outputLength];
            for (int i = repeat * 2 - 2; i >= 0; i--, i--) {
                output2[i] = ch0;
                output2[i + 1] = ch1;
            }
            return new String(output2);
        default:
            StringBuilder buf = new StringBuilder(outputLength);
            for (int i = 0; i < repeat; i++) {
                buf.append(str);
            }
            return buf.toString();
        }
    }

    /**
     * <p>Repeat a String {@code repeat} times to form a
     * new String, with a String separator injected each time. </p>
     *
     * <pre>
     * StringUtils.repeat(null, null, 2) = null
     * StringUtils.repeat(null, "x", 2)  = null
     * StringUtils.repeat("", null, 0)   = ""
     * StringUtils.repeat("", "", 2)     = ""
     * StringUtils.repeat("", "x", 3)    = "xxx"
     * StringUtils.repeat("?", ", ", 3)  = "?, ?, ?"
     * </pre>
     *
     * @param str        the String to repeat, may be null
     * @param separator  the String to inject, may be null
     * @param repeat     number of times to repeat str, negative treated as zero
     * @return a new String consisting of the original String repeated,
     *  {@code null} if null String input
     * @since 2.5
     */
    public static String repeat(String str, String separator, int repeat) {
        if (str == null || separator == null) {
            return repeat(str, repeat);
        } else {
            // given that repeat(String, int) is quite optimized, better to rely on it than try and splice this into it
            String result = repeat(str + separator, repeat);
            return removeEnd(result, separator);
        }
    }

    /**
     * <p>Returns padding using the specified delimiter repeated
     * to a given length.</p>
     *
     * <pre>
     * StringUtils.repeat(0, 'e')  = ""
     * StringUtils.repeat(3, 'e')  = "eee"
     * StringUtils.repeat(-2, 'e') = ""
     * </pre>
     *
     * <p>Note: this method doesn't not support padding with
     * <a href="http://www.unicode.org/glossary/#supplementary_character">Unicode Supplementary Characters</a>
     * as they require a pair of {@code char}s to be represented.
     * If you are needing to support full I18N of your applications
     * consider using {@link #repeat(String, int)} instead.
     * </p>
     *
     * @param ch  character to repeat
     * @param repeat  number of times to repeat char, negative treated as zero
     * @return String with repeated character
     * @see #repeat(String, int)
     */
    public static String repeat(char ch, int repeat) {
        char[] buf = new char[repeat];
        for (int i = repeat - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
            buf[i] = ch;
        }
        return new String(buf);
    }

    /**
     * <p>Removes a substring only if it is at the end of a source string,
     * otherwise returns the source string.</p>
     *
     * <p>A {@code null} source string will return {@code null}.
     * An empty ("") source string will return the empty string.
     * A {@code null} search string will return the source string.</p>
     *
     * <pre>
     * StringUtils.removeEnd(null, *)      = null
     * StringUtils.removeEnd("", *)        = ""
     * StringUtils.removeEnd(*, null)      = *
     * StringUtils.removeEnd("www.domain.com", ".com.")  = "www.domain.com"
     * StringUtils.removeEnd("www.domain.com", ".com")   = "www.domain"
     * StringUtils.removeEnd("www.domain.com", "domain") = "www.domain.com"
     * StringUtils.removeEnd("abc", "")    = "abc"
     * </pre>
     *
     * @param str  the source String to search, may be null
     * @param remove  the String to search for and remove, may be null
     * @return the substring with the string removed if found,
     *  {@code null} if null String input
     * @since 2.1
     */
    public static String removeEnd(String str, String remove) {
        if (isEmpty(str) || isEmpty(remove)) {
            return str;
        }
        if (str.endsWith(remove)) {
            return str.substring(0, str.length() - remove.length());
        }
        return str;
    }

    public static boolean isEmpty(String s) {
        return (s == null || s.length() == 0);
    }

    public static boolean isEmpty(CharSequence cs) {
        return cs == null || cs.length() == 0;
    }
}

Related

1. repeat(String s, int num)
2. repeat(String str, String separator, int repeat)
3. repeat(String str, int repeat)