REPLICATE

Repeats a string value a specified number of times.

Syntax

REPLICATE ( string_expression, integer_expression )

Arguments

string_expression

Is an expression of a character string or binary data type. string_expression can be a constant, variable, or column either character or binary data.

integer_expression
Is an expression of any integer type, including bigint. If integer_expression is negative, NULL is returned.

Return types

Returns the same type as string_expression.

Examples

SELECT REPLICATE('no more sweets ', 3);

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