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
-
The first input parameter is the string to be repeated.
- integer
-
The second parameter is an
INTEGERindicating the number of times to repeat the string.
Return type
VARCHAR
Examples
The following example uses data from the CATEGORY table in the TICKIT sample database. For more information, see Sample database.
To repeat the value of the CATID column in the CATEGORY table three times, use the following example.
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 |
+-------+--------+