Can one initialize a Java string with a single repeated character to a specific length [duplicate]

Question

I'd like to create a function that has the following signature:

public String createString(int length, char ch) 

It should return a string of repeating characters of the specified length.
For example if length is 5 and ch is 'p' the return value should be:

ppppp

Is there a way to do this without looping until it is the required length?
And without any externally defined constants?

Answer 1

char[] chars = new char[len]; Arrays.fill(chars, ch); String s = new String(chars); 

Answer 2

StringUtils.repeat(str, count) from apache commons-lang