repeat-string    

> Repeat the given string n times. Fastest implementation for repeating a string.

Install

Install with npm:

``sh
$ npm install --save repeat-string
`

Usage

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Repeat the given string the specified number of times.

Example:

Example

`js
var repeat = require('repeat-string');
repeat('A', 5);
//=> AAAAA
`

Params

* string {String}: The string to repeat
* number {Number}: The number of times to repeat the string
* returns {String}: Repeated string

Benchmarks

Repeat string is significantly faster than the native method (which is itself faster than repeating):

`sh


2x

repeat-string █████████████████████████ (26,953,977 ops/sec)
repeating █████████ (9,855,695 ops/sec)
native ██████████████████ (19,453,895 ops/sec)

3x

repeat-string █████████████████████████ (19,445,252 ops/sec)
repeating ███████████ (8,661,565 ops/sec)
native ████████████████████ (16,020,598 ops/sec)

10x

repeat-string █████████████████████████ (23,792,521 ops/sec)
repeating █████████ (8,571,332 ops/sec)
native ███████████████ (14,582,955 ops/sec)

50x

repeat-string █████████████████████████ (23,640,179 ops/sec)
repeating █████ (5,505,509 ops/sec)
native ██████████ (10,085,557 ops/sec)

250x

repeat-string █████████████████████████ (23,489,618 ops/sec)
repeating ████ (3,962,937 ops/sec)
native ████████ (7,724,892 ops/sec)

2000x

repeat-string █████████████████████████ (20,315,172 ops/sec)
repeating ████ (3,297,079 ops/sec)
native ███████ (6,203,331 ops/sec)

20000x

repeat-string █████████████████████████ (23,382,915 ops/sec)
repeating ███ (2,980,058 ops/sec)
native █████ (5,578,808 ops/sec)
`

Run the benchmarks

Install dev dependencies:

`sh
npm i -d && node benchmark
`

About

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repeat-element: Create an array by repeating the given value n times. | homepage

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Pull requests and stars are always welcome. For bugs and feature requests, please create an issue.

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| Commits | Contributor
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| --- | --- |
| 51 | jonschlinkert |
| 2 | LinusU |
| 2 | tbusser |
| 1 | doowb |
| 1 | wooorm |

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`sh
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``

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