repeat

repeat

Description

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,