String.prototype.repeat

[Brendan Eich]

On Mar 23, 2011, at 12:57 PM, Dmitry A. Soshnikov wrote:

> Yep, I see. Btw, JFTR: such a mistake currently is in this strawman http://wiki.ecmascript.org/doku.php?id=strawman:shorter_function_syntax: 
> 
> let randomArray = Array(10).map(#{Math.random()});

Fixed, in a cheezy but I hope clear fashion.

/be

> 
> 
> it's better to fix the doc.
> 
> Dmitry.
> 
>>> the answer is known of course (there's no any property in the created array), but similary to your String(n, '*'), there can be also Array.fill(100, 0); or Array.init(100, 0);
>>> 
>>> P.S.: though, of course all these can be done manually in ES itself.
>> Of course and these cases do not happen once a day. However, when they happen, it's convenient if the language offers a native construct.
>> 
>> David
>> 
>>> 
>>> Dmitry.
>>> 
>>>> In ES5, the String constructors (String and new String) both are expected to be used with zero or one argument, so using a two argument constructor should not break the web or people's expectations.
>>>> 
>>>> David
>> 
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