Computer Science Canada Java Printing Question : Multiple characters through mathematical operations? |
| Author: | fastftw [ Sat Nov 03, 2012 11:14 am ] |
| Post subject: | Java Printing Question : Multiple characters through mathematical operations? |
I was looking at some python code and you can print characters multiple times through multiplication in a print statement. Example: out.write("*"*d) I was wondering if there is an equivalent in java? Something that would imitate System.out.println("*"*3); which would output: *** Thanks a bunch! |
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| Author: | Insectoid [ Sat Nov 03, 2012 6:02 pm ] |
| Post subject: | RE:Java Printing Question : Multiple characters through mathematical operations? |
Not as far as I know. Just use a for loop. There might be a string operation that does this (which is independent from the output stream) but I doubt it. |
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| Author: | DemonWasp [ Sun Nov 04, 2012 2:50 pm ] |
| Post subject: | RE:Java Printing Question : Multiple characters through mathematical operations? |
There's no standard multiplication operation for Strings. The only overloaded operator in Java is string+string, which works for concatenation. You could write your own, but it wouldn't be as concise, which is fairly common in Java. |
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