v/vlib/strings/strings_c.v

module strings

// strings.repeat - fill a string with `n` repetitions of the character `c`
pub fn repeat(c byte, n int) string {
	if n <= 0 {
		return ''
	}
	mut bytes := &byte(0)
	unsafe { bytes = malloc(n + 1) }
	C.memset( bytes, c, n )
	bytes[n] = `0`
	return string( bytes, n )
}

// strings.repeat_string - gives you `n` repetitions of the substring `s`
// NB: strings.repeat, that repeats a single byte, is between 2x
// and 24x faster than strings.repeat_string called for a 1 char string.
pub fn repeat_string(s string, n int) string {
	if n <= 0 || s.len == 0 {
		return ''
	}
	slen := s.len
	blen := slen*n
	mut bytes := &byte(0)
	unsafe { bytes = malloc(blen + 1) }
	for bi in 0..n {
		bislen := bi*slen
		for si in 0..slen {
			bytes[bislen+si] = s[si]
		}
	}
	bytes[blen] = `0`
	return string( bytes, blen )
}