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

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

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

Here is an elegant, pure Java, one-line solution:

Java 11+:

String str = "p".repeat(5); // "ppppp"

prior Java 11:

String str = new String(new char[5]).replace("\0", "p"); // "ppppp"

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