Repeat the given string n times. Fastest implementation for repeating a string.
Install with npm:
$ npm install --save repeat-stringRepeat the given string the specified number of times.
Example:
Example
var repeat = require('repeat-string');
repeat('A', 5);
//=> AAAAAParams
string{String}: The string to repeatnumber{Number}: The number of times to repeat the stringreturns{String}: Repeated string
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 benchmarkrepeat-element: Create an array by repeating the given value n times. | homepage
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| 2 | tbusser |
| 1 | doowb |
| 1 | wooorm |
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