Repeat String with * Operator in Python

In Python, we can easily repeat a string as many times as you would like. The easiest way to repeat a string n times is to use the Python * operator.

repeated_string = "string" * 3

print(repeated_string)

#Output:
stringstringstring

You can also repeat a string separated by a certain separator.

string = "string"
separator = "," 

repeated_string = (string + separator) * 3

print(repeated_string[:-1])

#Output:
string,string,string

When using string variables in Python, we can easily perform string manipulation to change the value of the string variables.

One such manipulation is repeating a string n times. We can repeat strings with the * Python operator.

For example, if we want to repeat a string 3 times, we can just multiply the string by 3.

Below is an example of how to repeat a string 3 times using Python.

repeated_string = "string" * 3

print(repeated_string)

#Output:
stringstringstring

Creating a List With One Value Repeating in Python

We can also use the Python * operator to repeat list items and create lists with only one value.

Creating a list with only one value can be useful if we want to initialize a list to count or fill later on in our program.

For example, we can create a list of only zeros which we can fill later on.

The easiest way to create a list with only zeros is to use the * operator on a single item array containing 0.

To get a list of 10 zeros for example, we multiply the single item list by 10.

list_of_zeros = [0] * 10

print(list_of_zeros)

#Output:
[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]

You can use this method to create a list which contains any value as shown below in Python.

list_of_a = ["a"] * 10

print(list_of_a)

#Output:
["a","a","a","a","a","a","a","a","a","a"]

Hopefully this article has been useful for you to learn how to repeat a string in Python.