docs-v2/content/flux/v0/stdlib/strings/repeat.md

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strings.repeat() function	`strings.repeat()` returns a string consisting of `i` copies of a specified string.	flux_v0_ref name parent identifier strings.repeat strings strings/repeat	101

strings.repeat() returns a string consisting of i copies of a specified string.

Function type signature

(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

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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