java: use StringBuilder to insert at the beginning

Question

I could only do this with String, for example:

String str=\"\";
for(int i=0;i<100;i++){
    str=i+str;
}

Is there a way to achieve this wit

Answer 1

This thread is quite old, but you could also think about a recursive solution passing the StringBuilder to fill. This allows to prevent any reverse processing etc. Just need to design your iteration with a recursion and carefully decide for an exit condition.

public class Test {

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
        doRecursive(sb, 100, 0);
        System.out.println(sb.toString());
    }

    public static void doRecursive(StringBuilder sb, int limit, int index) {
        if (index < limit) {
            doRecursive(sb, limit, index + 1);
            sb.append(Integer.toString(index));
        }
    }
}