all Python 3Strings (str)term

* string repetition

operators

The * operator repeats a string n times. For n <= 0 it returns an empty string.

Syntax

s * n  |  n * s

The multiplier has to be an int: 'ab' * 2.0 raises TypeError, so convert a float first. Unlike lists, where [[0]] * 3 gives three references to the same inner list, strings carry no such trap — being immutable, there is nothing to mutate through a shared reference.

Examples

print('ab' * 3)
# → 'ababab'

print('-' * 20)
# → '--------------------'

print(repr('ha' * 0))
# → ''

sep = '=-' * 5
print(sep)
# → '=-=-=-=-=-'

print(3 * 'go!')
# → 'go!go!go!'

See also

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