repeat-string  
  
   
 
Repeat the given string n times. Fastest implementation for repeating a string.
Install
Install with npm:
$ npm install --save repeat-string
Usage
repeat
Repeat the given string the specified number of times.
Example:
Example
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):
# 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:
npm i -d && node benchmark
About
Related projects
repeat-element: Create an array by repeating the given value n times. | homepage
Contributing
Pull requests and stars are always welcome. For bugs and feature requests, please create an issue.
Contributors
| Commits | Contributor | 
|---|---|
| 51 | jonschlinkert | 
| 2 | LinusU | 
| 2 | tbusser | 
| 1 | doowb | 
| 1 | wooorm | 
Building docs
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To generate the readme and API documentation with verb:
$ npm install -g verb verb-generate-readme && verb
Running tests
Install dev dependencies:
$ npm install -d && npm test
Author
Jon Schlinkert
License
Copyright © 2016, Jon Schlinkert. Released under the MIT license.
This file was generated by verb-generate-readme, v0.2.0, on October 23, 2016.