* for strings in Java [duplicate]

Question

In Python, there is a * operator for strings, I'm not sure what it's called but it does this:

>>> "h" * 9
"hhhhhhhhh"

Is there an operator in Java like Python's *?

Answer 1

Many libraries have such utility methods.

E.g. Guava:

String s = Strings.repeat("*",9);

or Apache Commons / Lang:

String s = StringUtils.repeat("*", 9);

Both of these classes also have methods to pad a String's beginning or end to a certain length with a specified character.

Answer 2

I think the easiest way to do this in java is with a loop:

String string = "";
for(int i=0; i<9; i++)
{
    string+="h";
}