String.prototype.repeat()

Baseline Widely available

This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since September 2015.

The repeat() method of String values constructs and returns a new string which contains the specified number of copies of this string, concatenated together.

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Syntax

js
repeat(count)

Parameters

count

An integer between 0 and +Infinity, indicating the number of times to repeat the string.

Return value

A new string containing the specified number of copies of the given string.

Exceptions

RangeError

Thrown if count is negative or if count overflows maximum string length.

Examples

Using repeat()

js
"abc".repeat(-1); // RangeError
"abc".repeat(0); // ''
"abc".repeat(1); // 'abc'
"abc".repeat(2); // 'abcabc'
"abc".repeat(3.5); // 'abcabcabc' (count will be converted to integer)
"abc".repeat(1 / 0); // RangeError

({ toString: () => "abc", repeat: String.prototype.repeat }).repeat(2);
// 'abcabc' (repeat() is a generic method)

Specifications

Specification
ECMAScript Language Specification
# sec-string.prototype.repeat

Browser compatibility

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See also