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Version: Latest-3.5

repeat

This function repeats str by a number of times according to count. When count is below 1, it returns an empty string. When str or count is NULL, it returns NULL.

Syntax​

VARCHAR repeat(VARCHAR str, INT count)

Examples​

MySQL > SELECT repeat("a", 3);
+----------------+
| repeat('a', 3) |
+----------------+
| aaa            |
+----------------+

MySQL > SELECT repeat("a", -1);
+-----------------+
| repeat('a', -1) |
+-----------------+
|                 |
+-----------------+

keyword​

REPEAT,