repeat-string

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.

README

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.

#1: 2000x
  repeating.js x 6,547,013 ops/sec ±0.55% (97 runs sampled)
  repeat-string.js x 17,295,983 ops/sec ±0.86% (90 runs sampled)

#2: 250x
  repeating.js x 7,043,588 ops/sec ±0.84% (97 runs sampled)
  repeat-string.js x 16,247,722 ops/sec ±0.63% (94 runs sampled)

#3: 5x
  repeating.js x 11,895,182 ops/sec ±0.63% (99 runs sampled)
  repeat-string.js x 16,097,331 ops/sec ±0.67% (93 runs sampled)

#4: 50x
  repeating.js x 9,572,600 ops/sec ±0.57% (99 runs sampled)
  repeat-string.js x 16,681,594 ops/sec ±0.78% (94 runs sampled)

Run the benchmarks

Install dev dependencies:

npm i -d && node benchmark

Author

Jon Schlinkert

• github/jonschlinkert
• twitter/jonschlinkert

Other javascript/node.js utils

Other projects that I maintain:

• assemble
• remarkable
• less.js
• handlebars-helpers
• verb
• arr
• arr-diff
• array-last
• array-slice
• array-sum
• arrayify-compact
• compact-object
• delete
• for-in
• for-own
• has-any
• has-value
• is-number
• is-plain-object
• mixin-deep
• mixin-object
• object-length
• omit-empty
• reduce-object

License

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

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