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Repeat a String repeat times to form a new String
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import java.io.PrintWriter;
import java.sql.Connection;
import java.sql.SQLException;
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public class Main {
/**
* The maximum size to which the padding constant(s) can expand.
*/
private static final int PAD_LIMIT = 8192;
// Padding
//-----------------------------------------------------------------------
/**
* Repeat a String <code>repeat</code> times to form a
* new String.
*
* <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</code> 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 "";
}
int inputLength = str.length();
if (repeat == 1 || inputLength == 0) {
return str;
}
if (inputLength == 1 && repeat <= PAD_LIMIT) {
return padding(repeat, str.charAt(0));
}
int outputLength = inputLength * repeat;
switch (inputLength) {
case 1 :
char ch = str.charAt(0);
char[] output1 = new char[outputLength];
for (int i = repeat - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
output1[i] = ch;
}
return new String(output1);
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 :
StringBuffer buf = new StringBuffer(outputLength);
for (int i = 0; i < repeat; i++) {
buf.append(str);
}
return buf.toString();
}
}
/**
* Returns padding using the specified delimiter repeated
* to a given length.
*
* <pre>
* StringUtils.padding(0, 'e') = ""
* StringUtils.padding(3, 'e') = "eee"
* StringUtils.padding(-2, 'e') = IndexOutOfBoundsException
* </pre>
*
* 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</code>s to be represented.
* If you are needing to support full I18N of your applications
* consider using {@link #repeat(String, int)} instead.
*
*
* @param repeat number of times to repeat delim
* @param padChar character to repeat
* @return String with repeated character
* @throws IndexOutOfBoundsException if <code>repeat < 0</code>
* @see #repeat(String, int)
*/
private static String padding(int repeat, char padChar) throws IndexOutOfBoundsException {
if (repeat < 0) {
throw new IndexOutOfBoundsException("Cannot pad a negative amount: " + repeat);
}
final char[] buf = new char[repeat];
for (int i = 0; i < buf.length; i++) {
buf[i] = padChar;
}
return new String(buf);
}
}
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