Repeat

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

Installation

$ npm install utils-repeat-string

Usage

var repeat = require( 'utils-repeat-string' );

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 round = require( 'math-round' );
var repeat = require( 'utils-repeat-string' );

var str = 'beep';
var n;
var i;

for ( i = 0; i < 100; i++ ) {
	n = round( Math.random()*3 );
	console.log( repeat( str, n ) );
}

To run the example code from the top-level application directory,

$ node ./examples/index.js

CLI

Installation

To use the module as a general utility, install the module globally

$ npm install -g utils-repeat-string

Usage

Usage: repstr [options] str --n repeats

Options:

  -h,    --help                Print this message.
  -V,    --version             Print the package version.
         --n repeats           Number of repetitions.

Examples

$ repstr beep -n 5
# => beepbeepbeepbeepbeep

Tests

Unit

This repository uses tape for unit tests. To run the tests, execute the following command in the top-level application directory:

$ make test

All new feature development should have corresponding unit tests to validate correct functionality.

Test Coverage

This repository uses Istanbul as its code coverage tool. To generate a test coverage report, execute the following command in the top-level application directory:

$ make test-cov

Istanbul creates a ./reports/coverage directory. To access an HTML version of the report,

$ make view-cov

Browser Support

This repository uses Testling for browser testing. To run the tests in a (headless) local web browser, execute the following command in the top-level application directory:

$ make test-browsers

To view the tests in a local web browser,

$ make view-browser-tests

License

MIT license.

Copyright

Copyright © 2016. Athan Reines.