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Function std.array.replicate

ElementEncodingType!S[] replicate(S) (
  S s,
  size_t n
)
if (isDynamicArray!S);

ElementType!S[] replicate(S) (
  S s,
  size_t n
)
if (isInputRange!S && !isDynamicArray!S);

Parameters

NameDescription
s an input range or a dynamic array
n number of times to repeat s

Returns

An array that consists of s repeated n times. This function allocates, fills, and returns a new array.

See Also

For a lazy version, refer to std.range.repeat.

Example

auto a = "abc";
auto s = replicate(a, 3);

writeln(s); // "abcabcabc"

auto b = [1, 2, 3];
auto c = replicate(b, 3);

writeln(c); // [1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 3]

auto d = replicate(b, 0);

writeln(d); // []

Authors

Andrei Alexandrescu and Jonathan M Davis

License

Boost License 1.0.