# repeat-string [](https://www.npmjs.com/package/repeat-string) [](https://npmjs.org/package/repeat-string) [](https://npmjs.org/package/repeat-string) [](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**<br/> |
| --- | --- |
| 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
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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).
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