RosettaCodeData/Task/Repeat-a-string/Swift/repeat-a-string-3.swift

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extension String {
// Slower version
func repeatString(n: Int) -> String {
return Array(count: n, repeatedValue: self).joinWithSeparator("")
}
// Faster version
// benchmarked with a 1000 characters and 100 repeats the fast version is approx 500 000 times faster :-)
func repeatString2(n:Int) -> String {
var result = self
for _ in 1 ..< n {
result.appendContentsOf(self) // Note that String.appendContentsOf is up to 10 times faster than "result += self"
}
return result
}
}
print( "ha".repeatString(5) )
print( "he".repeatString2(5) )