repeat a string for number of times - Android java.lang

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repeat a string for number of times

Demo Code

public class Main{
  public static final String EMPTY = "";
  private static final int PAD_LIMIT = 8192;
    /**//  w  w  w.  j  a v  a  2s. com
     * <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>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);
    }

}

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