repeat_str

Builtin index · Collections & strings

result = repeat_str(s, n)

Input: s, n · Output: result

What it is

s is a Str; n (number of copies). s * n is the shorter spelling for the same thing; the function is not called repeat because that is a loop keyword.

Overloads

One call shape — this function is not overloaded.

Code	Input	Output	Description
`result = repeat_str(s, n)`	`s` Str`s` is a `Str`. `n` number`n` (number of copies).	`result` Str	Returns a `Str`.

Examples

From the documentation, and run by the build -- the output and the figure below are what the engine actually produced. Simplest first.

text = "one\ntwo\nthree"
print(lines(text))                     # ("one", "two", "three")

print(chars("abc"))                    # ("a", "b", "c")

print(repeat_str("ab", 3))             # "ababab"

print(as_text([1, 2, 3]).join(", "))   # "1, 2, 3"

output

("one", "two", "three")
("a", "b", "c")
ababab
1, 2, 3

from collections-strings

How it works

repeat_str(s, n) — n copies. "ab" * 3 is the shorter spelling and does the same thing; this is the named form, and it is not called repeat because that is a loop keyword.

From the note above this builtin in the interpreter, where the reasoning was written down as it was built.