node/tools/eslint/node_modules/repeat-string

repeat-string

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

Install with npm

npm i repeat-string --save

Install with bower

bower install repeat-string --save

Usage

repeat

Repeat the given string the specified number of times.

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

Example:

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

Benchmarks

Repeat string is significantly faster than repeating.

# 20,000x
  repeat-string.js x 16,634,213 ops/sec ±0.92% (93 runs sampled)
  repeating.js x 5,883,928 ops/sec ±0.95% (93 runs sampled)

# 2,000x
  repeat-string.js x 17,438,654 ops/sec ±0.76% (97 runs sampled)
  repeating.js x 6,639,978 ops/sec ±0.84% (97 runs sampled)

# 250x
  repeat-string.js x 16,246,885 ops/sec ±0.81% (92 runs sampled)
  repeating.js x 7,659,342 ops/sec ±0.67% (99 runs sampled)

# 50x
  repeat-string.js x 15,803,340 ops/sec ±0.74% (92 runs sampled)
  repeating.js x 9,668,300 ops/sec ±0.89% (98 runs sampled)

# 5x
  repeat-string.js x 16,926,291 ops/sec ±0.78% (97 runs sampled)
  repeating.js x 12,215,384 ops/sec ±1.01% (96 runs sampled)

Run the benchmarks

Install dev dependencies:

npm i -d && node benchmark

Other javascript/node.js utils

repeat-element: Create an array by repeating the given string n times.

Contributing

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

Running tests

Install dev dependencies:

npm i -d && npm test

Author

Jon Schlinkert

• github/jonschlinkert
• twitter/jonschlinkert

License

Copyright (c) 2015 Jon Schlinkert Released under the MIT license

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