RE: one line to generate n spaces?

["Kevin Leeds" <kleeds@learn.net>]

Let's say I am quite unsure what the maximum length might be.

I still wish I had a standard java method (1.1.8) I
could just call. I guess there probably isn't one.

Here is what I did to optimize the loop (pretty much).
I think it works fine. In practical terms I don't
really need the answer; this is for curiosity's sake.

public class StringUtils()
{
  private static StringBuffer pad = new StringBuffer("          ");  // ten
spaces

  public static String padding(int n)
  {
     while (pad.length()<n)
        pad.append(pad);                     // double it

     return pad.toString().substring(0,n);
  }
}


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Nicholas Frank [mailto:nicholas.frank@s1.com]
>
> Kevin,
> 	Keep and array of char[] with what you think may be the max amount
> of spaces needed then use the static string function:
>
> String copyValueOf(char[] data, int offset, int count)
>
> 	Pull out as many spaces as you would like.
> Nicholas Frank