What is repeat-string?
The repeat-string npm package is a minimalistic library that allows users to repeat a given string a specified number of times. It is useful for creating padding, indentation, or repeating patterns in strings.
What are repeat-string's main functionalities?
String repetition
Repeats the '*' character 3 times to produce the string '***'.
"*".repeat(3)
Other packages similar to repeat-string
string.prototype.repeat
This package is a polyfill for the String.prototype.repeat method as per the ECMAScript 6 (ES2015) specification. It provides the same functionality as repeat-string but also ensures compatibility with older environments that do not support the native .repeat() method.
pad
The pad package offers string padding functionalities. While repeat-string focuses solely on repeating strings, pad allows you to add characters to the start or end of a string to reach a desired length, which can include repeating a character or string.
repeat-element
Repeat-element is similar to repeat-string but is designed to repeat any given element, not just strings. It can be used to create an array with repeated elements, which can then be joined into a string if needed.
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 the given string
the specified number
of times.
Example:
Example
var repeat = require('repeat-string');
repeat('A', 5);
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):
repeat-string █████████████████████████ (26,953,977 ops/sec)
repeating █████████ (9,855,695 ops/sec)
native ██████████████████ (19,453,895 ops/sec)
repeat-string █████████████████████████ (19,445,252 ops/sec)
repeating ███████████ (8,661,565 ops/sec)
native ████████████████████ (16,020,598 ops/sec)
repeat-string █████████████████████████ (23,792,521 ops/sec)
repeating █████████ (8,571,332 ops/sec)
native ███████████████ (14,582,955 ops/sec)
repeat-string █████████████████████████ (23,640,179 ops/sec)
repeating █████ (5,505,509 ops/sec)
native ██████████ (10,085,557 ops/sec)
repeat-string █████████████████████████ (23,489,618 ops/sec)
repeating ████ (3,962,937 ops/sec)
native ████████ (7,724,892 ops/sec)
repeat-string █████████████████████████ (20,315,172 ops/sec)
repeating ████ (3,297,079 ops/sec)
native ███████ (6,203,331 ops/sec)
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
Building docs
(This document was generated by verb-generate-readme (a verb generator), please don't edit the readme directly. Any changes to the readme must be made in .verb.md.)
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.