daft.functions.repeat#

def repeat(expr: Expression, n: int | Expression) -> Expression:
    """Repeats each string n times.

    Returns:
        Expression: a String expression which is `self` repeated `n` times

    Examples:
        >>> import daft
        >>> from daft.functions import repeat
        >>> df = daft.from_pydict({"x": ["daft", "query", "engine"]})
        >>> df = df.select(repeat(df["x"], 5))
        >>> df.show()
        ╭────────────────────────────────╮
        │ x                              │
        │ ---                            │
        │ String                         │
        ╞════════════════════════════════╡
        │ daftdaftdaftdaftdaft           │
        ├╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌┤
        │ queryqueryqueryqueryquery      │
        ├╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌╌┤
        │ engineengineengineengineengin… │
        ╰────────────────────────────────╯
        <BLANKLINE>
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    """
    return Expression._call_builtin_scalar_fn("repeat", expr, n)