Repeat Character N Times

Question

In Perl I can repeat a character multiple times using the syntax:

$a = \"a\" x 10; // results in \"aaaaaaaaaa\"

Is there a simple way to ac

Answer 1

String.prototype.repeat = function (n) { n = Math.abs(n) || 1; return Array(n + 1).join(this || ''); };

// console.log("0".repeat(3) , "0".repeat(-3))
// return: "000" "000"

Answer 2

In CoffeeScript:

( 'a' for dot in [0..10]).join('')

Answer 3

Another interesting way to quickly repeat n character is to use idea from quick exponentiation algorithm:

var repeatString = function(string, n) {
    var result = '', i;

    for (i = 1; i <= n; i *= 2) {
        if ((n & i) === i) {
            result += string;
        }
        string = string + string;
    }

    return result;
};

Answer 4

Here is an ES6 version

const repeat = (a,n) => Array(n).join(a+"|$|").split("|$|");
repeat("A",20).forEach((a,b) => console.log(a,b+1))

Answer 5

In ES2015/ES6 you can use "*".repeat(n)

So just add this to your projects, and your are good to go.

  String.prototype.repeat = String.prototype.repeat || 
    function(n) {
      if (n < 0) throw new RangeError("invalid count value");
      if (n == 0) return "";
      return new Array(n + 1).join(this.toString()) 
    };

Answer 6

Lodash offers a similar functionality as the Javascript repeat() function which is not available in all browers. It is called _.repeat and available since version 3.0.0:

_.repeat('a', 10);