Fastest way to set all values of an array?

Question

I have a char [], and I want to set the value of every index to the same char value.
There is the obvious way to do it (iteration):

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Answer 1

System.arraycopy is my answer. Please let me know is there any better ways. Thx

private static long[] r1 = new long[64];
private static long[][] r2 = new long[64][64];

/**Proved:
 * {@link Arrays#fill(long[], long[])} makes r2 has 64 references to r1 - not the answer;
 * {@link Arrays#fill(long[], long)} sometimes slower than deep 2 looping.

 */
private static void testFillPerformance() {
    SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("HH:mm:ss");
    System.out.println(sdf.format(new Date()));
    Arrays.fill(r1, 0l);

    long stamp0 = System.nanoTime();
    //      Arrays.fill(r2, 0l); -- exception
    long stamp1 = System.nanoTime();
    //      System.out.println(String.format("Arrays.fill takes %s nano-seconds.", stamp1 - stamp0));

    stamp0 = System.nanoTime();
    for (int i = 0; i < 64; i++) {
        for (int j = 0; j < 64; j++)
            r2[i][j] = 0l;
    }
    stamp1 = System.nanoTime();
    System.out.println(String.format("Arrays' 2-looping takes %s nano-seconds.", stamp1 - stamp0));

    stamp0 = System.nanoTime();
    for (int i = 0; i < 64; i++) {
        System.arraycopy(r1, 0, r2[i], 0, 64);
    }
    stamp1 = System.nanoTime();
    System.out.println(String.format("System.arraycopy looping takes %s nano-seconds.", stamp1 - stamp0));

    stamp0 = System.nanoTime();
    Arrays.fill(r2, r1);
    stamp1 = System.nanoTime();
    System.out.println(String.format("One round Arrays.fill takes %s nano-seconds.", stamp1 - stamp0));

    stamp0 = System.nanoTime();
    for (int i = 0; i < 64; i++)
        Arrays.fill(r2[i], 0l);
    stamp1 = System.nanoTime();
    System.out.println(String.format("Two rounds Arrays.fill takes %s nano-seconds.", stamp1 - stamp0));
}

12:33:18
Arrays' 2-looping takes 133536 nano-seconds.
System.arraycopy looping takes 22070 nano-seconds.
One round Arrays.fill takes 9777 nano-seconds.
Two rounds Arrays.fill takes 93028 nano-seconds.

12:33:38
Arrays' 2-looping takes 133816 nano-seconds.
System.arraycopy looping takes 22070 nano-seconds.
One round Arrays.fill takes 17042 nano-seconds.
Two rounds Arrays.fill takes 95263 nano-seconds.

12:33:51
Arrays' 2-looping takes 199187 nano-seconds.
System.arraycopy looping takes 44140 nano-seconds.
One round Arrays.fill takes 19555 nano-seconds.
Two rounds Arrays.fill takes 449219 nano-seconds.

12:34:16
Arrays' 2-looping takes 199467 nano-seconds.
System.arraycopy looping takes 42464 nano-seconds.
One round Arrays.fill takes 17600 nano-seconds.
Two rounds Arrays.fill takes 170971 nano-seconds.

12:34:26
Arrays' 2-looping takes 198907 nano-seconds.
System.arraycopy looping takes 24584 nano-seconds.
One round Arrays.fill takes 10616 nano-seconds.
Two rounds Arrays.fill takes 94426 nano-seconds.