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Initializaion of a StringBuffer

Posted by Eric Allan Lucas on June 16, 2000 at 11:01 AM

I've got a string buffer that I'd like to load with 476 spaces.
There does not appear to be a method that will work like the c function memset. How do I do this without a loop appending 476 spaces onto the StringBuffer??

This is really a kludge but it's all I've been able to get working:
--------------------------------------------------------------
char[] cc = new char[1] ;
cc[0] = ' ' ;
StringBuffer aa = new StringBuffer(480); //extra room is ok
for ( int x = 0; x < 476; x++ ) {
aa.append(cc,0,1);
}
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OUCH.
My Visual Basic Wiz co-worker says "aa = Space(476)" works for him but we're not in VB here :-). I could write a "Space" method using the above loop code but I hope there is something more elegant!
Help is greatly appreciated!

Eric



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