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RepeatYourself
Writeamethodthattakestwoarguments,astringandapositiveinteger,andprintsthestringasmanytimesas
theintegerindicates.
Example:
repeat('Hello',3)

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Hello
Hello
Hello

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defrepeat(string,number)
number.timesdo
putsstring
end
end

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Whensolvingexercises,itcanbebeneficialtoprogressinsmallincrements.Westartedoutbydefiningrepeat
withtwoparameters.Then,toensureeverythingworkedproperly,weaddedputsstringinsidethemethodand
ranthecode.
defrepeat(string,number)
putsstring
end

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Thisworkscorrectly,however,itonlyprintsstringonce.Ourgoalistoprintstringaspecifiednumberof
times.OneofthemoresuitablemethodsforthissituationisInteger#times.Usingthismethod,wecanexecute
putsstringanynumberoftimes.Inthiscase,wewanttoprintstringthenumberoftimesindicatedbynumber.
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ColtonEhrman
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defrepeat(string,num)
puts((string+'')*num).split
end
repeat('Hello',3)

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```ruby
defrepeat(string,
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defrepeat(string,number)number.timesdoputs'hello'endend
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defrepeat(string,
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defrepeat(some_str,some_int)
some_int>0?some_int.times{putssome_str}:"Pleaseenterapositiveinteger."
end

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def
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repeat(sting,num)
num.timesdo|string|
putsstring
end
end

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```ruby
repeat(sting,num)
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defrepeat(str,num)
puts"#{str}\n"*num
end

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```ruby
defrepeat(str,
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aboutamonthago

using.timesononelinewithbrackets
defrepeat(string,integer)
integer.times{putsstring}
end
repeat('Mark',10)

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#using.timeson
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defrepeat(str,count)
count.times{putsstr}
end
repeat('Hello',3)

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```ruby
defrepeat(str

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defrepeat(string,integer)
puts(string+'')*integer
end

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```ruby
defrepeat(string,
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defrepeat(str,int)int.timesdoputsstrendend
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defrepeat(str,int)
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defrepeat(str,num)
puts(str+"\n")*num
end

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```ruby
defrepeat(str,
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defrepeat(str,num)
num.times{putsstr}
end
repeat('Hello',3)

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```ruby
defrepeat(str,num)
num.times{puts

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DavidGeorge
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Twoways(ofanumber)torunastatementiteratively
defrepeater(string,count)
foreach_timein1.uptocount
putsstring
end
end
repeater'Hello',3
defrepeat(s,c)
c.times{|ix|putss}
end
repeat'doink',5

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#Twoways(ofa
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defrepeat(word,count)
count.times{putsword}
end

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```ruby
defrepeat(word,
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defrepeat(string,num)
num.times{putsstring}
end
repeat("Hello",3)

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```ruby
defrepeat(string,
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defrepeat(str,num)
num.timesdo
putsstr
end
end
repeat('Hello',3)

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defrepeat(phrase,num_of)
num_of.times{putsphrase}
end
repeat('hello',3)

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defrepeat(str='',num='0')
num.times{putsstr}
end
repeat('hello',3)

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defrepeat(str='',
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intrepeats=0
if(repeats!=3){system.out.println("Hello")repeats=repeats+1}
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intrepeats=0;
if(repeats!=3)

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Ifthesecondargumentismissingorit'sanotherstring,itprintsoutthefirststringonetimeanyway.

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defrepeat(string,number_of_times=1)
num=number_of_times.to_i
ifnum==0
putsstring
else
num.times{putsstring}
end
end
repeat('Hello',3)#=>HelloHelloHello
repeat('Goodbye')#=>Goodbye
repeat('TomorrowisSunday','forever')#=>TomorrowisSunday

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defrepeat(string,num)
num.times{putsstring}
end
repeat('Hello',3)

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```ruby
defrepeat(string,
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defrepeat(string,num)num.timesdoputsstringendend
repeat('Hello',3)
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defrepeat(string,
num)
num.timesdoputs

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defrepeat(str,num)
str<<"\n"
puts"#{str*num}"
end

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defrepeat(string,n)total=0whiletotal<ndoputsstringtotal+=1endend
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defrepeat(string,
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defrepeat(str,num)
str*num
end
printrepeat('hi',4)

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defrepeat(phrase,number)
count=0
untilcount==number
putsphrase
count+=1
end
end
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puts('Hello')*3
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puts('Hello')*3

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defrepeat(input,count)
putsinput.concat("\n")*count
end
repeat("Hello",3)
Hello
Hello
Hello

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defrepeat(input,count)
putsinput.concat("\n")*count
end
repeat("Hello",3)
Hello
Hello
Hello

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defrepeat(string,number)
1.upto(number)do
putsstring
end
end
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defrepeat(message,number)whilenumber>0putsmessagenumber=number1endend
repeat("sup",3)
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defrepeat(message,
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defrepeat(str,num)
count=0
untilcount==num
putsstr
count+=1
end
end

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defrepeat(str,num)
count=1
loopdo
putsstr
count+=1
breakifcount>num
end
end

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defrepeat2(word,number_of_times)
puts(word+"\n")*number_of_times
end

Interestingly,Ifoundyouneedtouse""andnot''tointerpretescapecharacterssuchas\ncorrectly
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defrepeat(string,num)
num.times{pstring}
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Use```rubybeforeacodeblockandendwith```,forexample:
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classFoo
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