How to duplicate a string N times in Ruby

Overview

We can use the asterisk * operator to duplicate a string for the specified number of times.

The asterisk operator returns a new string that contains a number of copies of the original string.

Syntax

string * int

Parameters

• string: the string you want to duplicate.

• int: the number of times that you want to duplicate the string.

Return value

The return value is a new string with n copies of the original string.

Code example

In the code below, we use the * operator to duplicate certain strings and print out the return values.