REPEAT function
Repeats a string the specified number of times. If the input parameter is numeric, REPEAT treats it as a string.
Synonym for REPLICATE function.
Syntax
REPEAT(string, integer)
Arguments
- string
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The first input parameter is the string to be repeated.
- integer
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The second parameter is an integer indicating the number of times to repeat the string.
Return type
The REPEAT function returns a string.
Examples
The following example repeats the value of the CATID column in the CATEGORY table three times:
select catid, repeat(catid,3) from category order by 1,2; catid | repeat -------+-------- 1 | 111 2 | 222 3 | 333 4 | 444 5 | 555 6 | 666 7 | 777 8 | 888 9 | 999 10 | 101010 11 | 111111 (11 rows)