---
title: strings.repeat() function
description: strings.repeat() returns a string consisting of i copies of a specified string.
url: https://docs.influxdata.com/flux/v0/stdlib/strings/repeat/
estimated_tokens: 803
product: Flux
version: v0
publisher: InfluxData
canonical: https://docs.influxdata.com/flux/v0/stdlib/strings/repeat/
date: '2024-04-08T16:01:02-06:00'
lastmod: '2024-04-08T16:01:02-06:00'
---

* Flux 0.18.0+

InfluxDB support

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

##### Function type signature

```js
(i: int, v: string) => string
```

For more information, see [Function type signatures](/flux/v0/function-type-signatures/).

## Parameters

### v

(Required)
String value to repeat.

### i

(Required)
Number of times to repeat `v`.

## Examples

### Repeat a string based on existing columns

```js
import "strings"

data
    |> map(fn: (r) => ({r with _value: strings.repeat(v: "ha", i: r._value)}))
```

[](#view-example-input-and-output)

View example input and output

#### 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  |
| _time | _value | *tag |
| --- | --- | --- |
| _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 |
| --- | --- | --- |
| _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 |

| _time | _value | *tag |
| --- | --- | --- |
| _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 |
| --- | --- | --- |
| _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 |