MySQL REPEAT() function

REPEAT() function

MySQL REPEAT() repeats a string for a specified number of times. Both the string and the number of times that string to be repeated are supplied as arguments.

The function returns NULL either any of the arguments is NULL.

Syntax:

REPEAT(str, count)

Arguments:

Syntax Diagram:

MySQL Version: 5.6

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Example: MySQL REPEAT() function

The following MySQL statement repeats the string ‘**-‘ 15 times.

Code:

SELECT REPEAT('**-',15); 

Sample Output:

mysql> SELECT REPEAT('**-',15); 
+-----------------------------------------------+
| REPEAT('**-',15)                              |
+-----------------------------------------------+
| **-**-**-**-**-**-**-**-**-**-**-**-**-**-**- | 
+-----------------------------------------------+
1 row in set (0.03 sec)

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