# repeat-string > Repeat the given string n times. Fastest implementation for repeating a string. Latest version **1.6.1** (published 2016-10-23) · MIT license · 0 weekly downloads > **Better alternative:** Use str.repeat(n) — Consider using a lighter alternative ## Install ```sh npm install repeat-string pnpm add repeat-string yarn add repeat-string bun add repeat-string ``` ## Health **Score 23/100 (F)** — status: abandoned. Positive: has types package; no vulnerabilities; high quality score. Warnings: low downloads; no esm support. Negative: abandoned; low maintenance score. ## Facts | | | |---|---| | Version | 1.6.1 | | Published | 2016-10-23 | | First published | 2014-03-27 | | Weekly downloads | 0 | | License | MIT | | TypeScript types | separate (@types/repeat-string) | | Module format | CommonJS | | Node | >=0.10 | | Dependencies | 0 | | Known vulnerabilities | 0 | | Install scripts | no | | GitHub stars | 50 | | Author | Jon Schlinkert | | Maintainers | jonschlinkert, doowb | | Keywords | fast, fastest, fill, left, left-pad, multiple, pad, padding, repeat, repeating, repetition, right, right-pad, string, times | ## Links - npm: https://www.npmjs.com/package/repeat-string - Repository: https://github.com/jonschlinkert/repeat-string - Issues: https://github.com/jonschlinkert/repeat-string/issues - npm.io page: https://npm.io/package/repeat-string ## Alternatives - [babylon](https://npm.io/package/babylon.md) — 5.1M weekly downloads - [csscolorparser](https://npm.io/package/csscolorparser.md) — 3.7M weekly downloads - [expr-eval-fork](https://npm.io/package/expr-eval-fork.md) — 1.5M weekly downloads - [@leeoniya/ufuzzy](https://npm.io/package/@leeoniya/ufuzzy.md) — 247.7K weekly downloads - [xml-parser](https://npm.io/package/xml-parser.md) — 78.4K weekly downloads ## Recent versions - 1.6.1 (latest) — 2016-10-23 - 1.6.0 — 2016-10-23 - 1.5.4 — 2016-02-29 - 1.5.2 — 2015-04-02 - 1.5.1 — 2015-04-01 - 1.5.0 — 2015-01-26 - 1.4.0 — 2015-01-24 - 1.3.0 — 2015-01-19 - 1.2.0 — 2014-12-23 - 1.1.0 — 2014-12-06 - 1.0.0 — 2014-12-06 - 0.2.2 — 2014-10-14 - 0.2.1 — 2014-10-01 - 0.2.0 — 2014-10-01 - 0.1.2 — 2014-05-11 - … 2 more at https://npm.io/package/repeat-string/versions ## README # repeat-string [![NPM version](https://img.shields.io/npm/v/repeat-string.svg?style=flat)](https://www.npmjs.com/package/repeat-string) [![NPM monthly downloads](https://img.shields.io/npm/dm/repeat-string.svg?style=flat)](https://npmjs.org/package/repeat-string) [![NPM total downloads](https://img.shields.io/npm/dt/repeat-string.svg?style=flat)](https://npmjs.org/package/repeat-string) [![Linux Build Status](https://img.shields.io/travis/jonschlinkert/repeat-string.svg?style=flat&label=Travis)](https://travis-ci.org/jonschlinkert/repeat-string) > Repeat the given string n times. Fastest implementation for repeating a string. ## Install Install with [npm](https://www.npmjs.com/): ```sh $ npm install --save repeat-string ``` ## Usage ### [repeat](index.js#L41) Repeat the given `string` the specified `number` of times. **Example:** **Example** ```js var repeat = require('repeat-string'); repeat('A', 5); //=> AAAAA ``` **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](https://github.com/sindresorhus/repeating)): ```sh # 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: ```sh npm i -d && node benchmark ``` ## About ### Related projects [repeat-element](https://www.npmjs.com/package/repeat-element): Create an array by repeating the given value n times. | [homepage](https://github.com/jonschlinkert/repeat-element "Create an array by repeating the given value n times.") ### Contributing Pull requests and stars are always welcome. For bugs and feature requests, [please create an issue](../../issues/new). ### Contributors | **Commits** | **Contributor**
| | --- | --- | | 51 | [jonschlinkert](https://github.com/jonschlinkert) | | 2 | [LinusU](https://github.com/LinusU) | | 2 | [tbusser](https://github.com/tbusser) | | 1 | [doowb](https://github.com/doowb) | | 1 | [wooorm](https://github.com/wooorm) | ### Building docs _(This document was generated by [verb-generate-readme](https://github.com/verbose/verb-generate-readme) (a [verb](https://github.com/verbose/verb) generator), please don't edit the readme directly. Any changes to the readme must be made in [.verb.md](.verb.md).)_ To generate the readme and API documentation with [verb](https://github.com/verbose/verb): ```sh $ npm install -g verb verb-generate-readme && verb ``` ### Running tests Install dev dependencies: ```sh $ npm install -d && npm test ``` ### Author **Jon Schlinkert** * [github/jonschlinkert](https://github.com/jonschlinkert) * [twitter/jonschlinkert](http://twitter.com/jonschlinkert) ### License Copyright © 2016, [Jon Schlinkert](http://github.com/jonschlinkert). Released under the [MIT license](https://github.com/jonschlinkert/repeat-string/blob/master/LICENSE). *** _This file was generated by [verb-generate-readme](https://github.com/verbose/verb-generate-readme), v0.2.0, on October 23, 2016._ --- _Source: https://npm.io/package/repeat-string · Machine-readable twin of the npm.io package page. Health data is recomputed on every publish._