Simple way to repeat a string

Question

I\'m looking for a simple commons method or operator that allows me to repeat some string n times. I know I could write this using a for loop, but I wish to avoid f

Answer 1

for the sake of readability and portability:

public String repeat(String str, int count){
    if(count <= 0) {return "";}
    return new String(new char[count]).replace("\0", str);
}