---
title: "init(repeating:count:)"
framework: swift
role: symbol
role_heading: Initializer
path: "swift/string/init(repeating:count:)-23xjt"
---

# init(repeating:count:)

Creates a new string representing the given string repeated the specified number of times.

## Declaration

```swift
init(repeating repeatedValue: String, count: Int)
```

## Parameters

- `repeatedValue`: The string to repeat.
- `count`: The number of times to repeat repeatedValue in the resulting string.

## Discussion

Discussion For example, you can use this initializer to create a string with ten "ab" strings in a row. let s = String(repeating: "ab", count: 10) print(s) // Prints "abababababababababab"

## See Also

### Creating a String

- [init(decoding:)](swift/string/init(decoding:)-nm7v.md)
- [init()](swift/string/init().md)
- [init(_:)](swift/string/init(_:)-8v3fo.md)
- [init(_:)](swift/string/init(_:)-8og6g.md)
- [init(_:)](swift/string/init(_:)-1ip93.md)
- [init(_:)](swift/string/init(_:)-50pwi.md)
- [init(_:)](swift/string/init(_:)-14lv5.md)
- [init(repeating:count:)](swift/string/init(repeating:count:)-11bpi.md)
- [init(unsafeUninitializedCapacity:initializingUTF8With:)](swift/string/init(unsafeuninitializedcapacity:initializingutf8with:).md)