replicate

Syntax

replicate(<text>, <count>)

replicate("Bar", 5) -- "BarBarBarBarBar"
replicate("Once", 1) -- "Once"
replicate("LongTextNobodyWants", 0) -- ""

Explanation

This function takes the given string text and returns count copies of it. That is, if you call replicate("Foo", 3) it returns "FooFooFoo".

See Also

• pad