REPEAT function - Amazon Redshift
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REPEAT function

Repeats a string the specified number of times. If the input parameter is numeric, REPEAT treats it as a string.

Synonym for REPLICATE function.

Syntax

REPEAT(string, integer)

Arguments

string

The first input parameter is the string to be repeated.

integer

The second parameter is an INTEGER indicating the number of times to repeat the string.

Return type

VARCHAR

Examples

The following example uses data from the CATEGORY table in the TICKIT sample database. For more information, see Sample database.

To repeat the value of the CATID column in the CATEGORY table three times, use the following example. 

SELECT catid, REPEAT(catid,3)
FROM category
ORDER BY 1,2;

+-------+--------+
| catid | repeat |
+-------+--------+
|     1 |    111 |
|     2 |    222 |
|     3 |    333 |
|     4 |    444 |
|     5 |    555 |
|     6 |    666 |
|     7 |    777 |
|     8 |    888 |
|     9 |    999 |
|    10 | 101010 |
|    11 | 111111 |
+-------+--------+