cudf.core.column.string.StringMethods.repeat#

StringMethods.repeat(repeats: int | Sequence) → SeriesOrIndex#

Duplicate each string in the Series or Index. Equivalent to str.repeat().

Parameters:

repeatsint or sequence of int: Same value for all (int) or different value per (sequence).

Returns:

Series or Index of object: Series or Index of repeated string objects specified by input parameter repeats.

Examples

>>> s = cudf.Series(['a', 'b', 'c'])
>>> s
0    a
1    b
2    c
dtype: object

Single int repeats string in Series

>>> s.str.repeat(repeats=2)
0    aa
1    bb
2    cc
dtype: object

Sequence of int repeats corresponding string in Series

>>> s.str.repeat(repeats=[1, 2, 3])
0      a
1     bb
2    ccc
dtype: object