1 # 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)
3 > Repeat the given string n times. Fastest implementation for repeating a string.
7 Install with [npm](https://www.npmjs.com/):
10 $ npm install --save repeat-string
15 ### [repeat](index.js#L41)
17 Repeat the given `string` the specified `number` of times.
24 var repeat = require('repeat-string');
31 * `string` **{String}**: The string to repeat
32 * `number` **{Number}**: The number of times to repeat the string
33 * `returns` **{String}**: Repeated string
37 Repeat string is significantly faster than the native method (which is itself faster than [repeating](https://github.com/sindresorhus/repeating)):
41 repeat-string █████████████████████████ (26,953,977 ops/sec)
42 repeating █████████ (9,855,695 ops/sec)
43 native ██████████████████ (19,453,895 ops/sec)
46 repeat-string █████████████████████████ (19,445,252 ops/sec)
47 repeating ███████████ (8,661,565 ops/sec)
48 native ████████████████████ (16,020,598 ops/sec)
51 repeat-string █████████████████████████ (23,792,521 ops/sec)
52 repeating █████████ (8,571,332 ops/sec)
53 native ███████████████ (14,582,955 ops/sec)
56 repeat-string █████████████████████████ (23,640,179 ops/sec)
57 repeating █████ (5,505,509 ops/sec)
58 native ██████████ (10,085,557 ops/sec)
61 repeat-string █████████████████████████ (23,489,618 ops/sec)
62 repeating ████ (3,962,937 ops/sec)
63 native ████████ (7,724,892 ops/sec)
66 repeat-string █████████████████████████ (20,315,172 ops/sec)
67 repeating ████ (3,297,079 ops/sec)
68 native ███████ (6,203,331 ops/sec)
71 repeat-string █████████████████████████ (23,382,915 ops/sec)
72 repeating ███ (2,980,058 ops/sec)
73 native █████ (5,578,808 ops/sec)
76 **Run the benchmarks**
78 Install dev dependencies:
81 npm i -d && node benchmark
88 [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.")
92 Pull requests and stars are always welcome. For bugs and feature requests, [please create an issue](../../issues/new).
96 | **Commits** | **Contributor**<br/> |
98 | 51 | [jonschlinkert](https://github.com/jonschlinkert) |
99 | 2 | [LinusU](https://github.com/LinusU) |
100 | 2 | [tbusser](https://github.com/tbusser) |
101 | 1 | [doowb](https://github.com/doowb) |
102 | 1 | [wooorm](https://github.com/wooorm) |
106 _(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).)_
108 To generate the readme and API documentation with [verb](https://github.com/verbose/verb):
111 $ npm install -g verb verb-generate-readme && verb
116 Install dev dependencies:
119 $ npm install -d && npm test
126 * [github/jonschlinkert](https://github.com/jonschlinkert)
127 * [twitter/jonschlinkert](http://twitter.com/jonschlinkert)
131 Copyright © 2016, [Jon Schlinkert](http://github.com/jonschlinkert).
132 Released under the [MIT license](https://github.com/jonschlinkert/repeat-string/blob/master/LICENSE).
136 _This file was generated by [verb-generate-readme](https://github.com/verbose/verb-generate-readme), v0.2.0, on October 23, 2016._