Create a string with n characters

Question

Is there a way in java to create a string with a specified number of a specified character? In my case, I would need to create a string with 10 spaces. My current code is:

Answer 1

Want String to be of fixed size, so you either pad or truncate, for tabulating data...

class Playground {
    private static String fixStrSize(String s, int n) {
        return String.format("%-" + n + "s", String.format("%." + n +"s", s));
    }

    public static void main(String[ ] args) {
        System.out.println("|"+fixStrSize("Hell",8)+"|");
        System.out.println("|"+fixStrSize("Hells Bells Java Smells",8)+"|");
    }
}

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|Hell    |
|Hells Be|

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Excellent reference here.