repeat

Repeat a string a specified number of times and return the concatenated result.

Installation

npm install @stdlib/string-repeat

Usage

var repeat = require( '@stdlib/string-repeat' );

repeat( str, n )

Repeats a string n times and returns the concatenated result.

var str = repeat( 'a', 5 );
// returns 'aaaaa'

str = repeat( '', 100 );
// returns ''

str = repeat( 'beep', 0 );
// returns ''

Examples

var discreteUniform = require( '@stdlib/random-base-discrete-uniform' );
var repeat = require( '@stdlib/string-repeat' );

var i;
for ( i = 0; i < 100; i++ ) {
    console.log( repeat( 'beep', discreteUniform( 0, 3 ) ) );
}

See Also

• @stdlib/string-repeat-cli: CLI package for use as a command-line utility.
• @stdlib/string-pad: pad a string.

Notice

This package is part of stdlib, a standard library for JavaScript and Node.js, with an emphasis on numerical and scientific computing. The library provides a collection of robust, high performance libraries for mathematics, statistics, streams, utilities, and more.

For more information on the project, filing bug reports and feature requests, and guidance on how to develop stdlib, see the main project repository.

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License

See LICENSE.

Copyright

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