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title: strings.repeat() function
description: >
  `strings.repeat()` returns a string consisting of `i` copies of a specified string.
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    name: strings.repeat
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    identifier: strings/repeat
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`strings.repeat()` returns a string consisting of `i` copies of a specified string.



##### Function type signature

```js
(i: int, v: string) => string
```

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## Parameters

### v
({{< req >}})
String value to repeat.



### i
({{< req >}})
Number of times to repeat `v`.




## Examples

### Repeat a string based on existing columns

```js
import "strings"

data
    |> map(fn: (r) => ({r with _value: strings.repeat(v: "ha", i: r._value)}))

```

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#### Input data

| _time                | _value  | *tag |
| -------------------- | ------- | ---- |
| 2021-01-01T00:00:00Z | 1       | t1   |
| 2021-01-01T00:00:10Z | 5       | t1   |
| 2021-01-01T00:00:20Z | 3       | t1   |
| 2021-01-01T00:00:30Z | 8       | t1   |
| 2021-01-01T00:00:40Z | 7       | t1   |
| 2021-01-01T00:00:50Z | 2       | t1   |

| _time                | _value  | *tag |
| -------------------- | ------- | ---- |
| 2021-01-01T00:00:00Z | 9       | t2   |
| 2021-01-01T00:00:10Z | 2       | t2   |
| 2021-01-01T00:00:20Z | 1       | t2   |
| 2021-01-01T00:00:30Z | 9       | t2   |
| 2021-01-01T00:00:40Z | 6       | t2   |
| 2021-01-01T00:00:50Z | 0       | t2   |


#### Output data

| _time                | _value           | *tag |
| -------------------- | ---------------- | ---- |
| 2021-01-01T00:00:00Z | ha               | t1   |
| 2021-01-01T00:00:10Z | hahahahaha       | t1   |
| 2021-01-01T00:00:20Z | hahaha           | t1   |
| 2021-01-01T00:00:30Z | hahahahahahahaha | t1   |
| 2021-01-01T00:00:40Z | hahahahahahaha   | t1   |
| 2021-01-01T00:00:50Z | haha             | t1   |

| _time                | _value             | *tag |
| -------------------- | ------------------ | ---- |
| 2021-01-01T00:00:00Z | hahahahahahahahaha | t2   |
| 2021-01-01T00:00:10Z | haha               | t2   |
| 2021-01-01T00:00:20Z | ha                 | t2   |
| 2021-01-01T00:00:30Z | hahahahahahahahaha | t2   |
| 2021-01-01T00:00:40Z | hahahahahaha       | t2   |
| 2021-01-01T00:00:50Z |                    | t2   |

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