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Repeat the characters

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Given a string and a non-negative integer $n$, output a new string in which each character is repeated $n$ times.

Test cases:

"abc", 1    -> "abc"
"Hello", 0  -> ""
"double", 2 -> "ddoouubbllee"
"Hi", 4     -> "HHHHiiii"
"", 20      -> ""
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.n as$n|.s/""|map(.*$n)|add

Try it online!

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18 bytes: [Try it online!](https://tio.run/##yyr8/z9aQ69YX0lJMzpWSy8vtiYxJeX//2ouBQWlYiUrJY/UnJx8hfD8... (1 comment)
you can use `add` in place of join. (1 comment)
you can use `add` in place of join.
Razetime‭ wrote over 3 years ago
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you can use add in place of join.