JavaScript string repeat methods All In One

There are many ways in the ES-Next ways

repeat

ES2015 / ES6


/** 
 * str: String
 * count: Number
 */
const str = `hello repeat!\n`, count = 3;

let resultString = str.repeat(count);

console.log(`resultString = \n${resultString}`);
/*
resultString = 
hello repeat!
hello repeat!
hello repeat!
*/

({ toString: () => 'abc', repeat: String.prototype.repeat }).repeat(2);
// 'abcabc' (repeat() is a generic method)

// Examples

'abc'.repeat(0);    // ''
'abc'.repeat(1);    // 'abc'
'abc'.repeat(2);    // 'abcabc'
'abc'.repeat(3.5);  // 'abcabcabc' (count will be converted to integer)
// 'abc'.repeat(1/0);  // RangeError
// 'abc'.repeat(-1);   // RangeError

padStart

ES2017 / ES8


const str = 'abc ';
const times = 3;

const newStr = str.padStart(str.length * times, str.toUpperCase());

console.log(`newStr =`, newStr);
// "newStr =" "ABC ABC abc "

padEnd

ES2017 / ES8


const str = 'abc ';
const times = 3;

const newStr = str.padEnd(str.length * times, str.toUpperCase());

console.log(`newStr =`, newStr);
// "newStr =" "abc ABC ABC "