Repeat

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

Usage

var repeat = require( '@stdlib/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( '@stdlib/math/base/special/round' );
var repeat = require( '@stdlib/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 ) );
}

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CLI

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