Method: Array#*

Defined in:
array.c

#*(n) ⇒ Object #*(string_separator) ⇒ Object

When non-negative integer argument n is given, returns a new array built by concatenating n copies of self:

a = ['x', 'y']
a * 3 # => ["x", "y", "x", "y", "x", "y"]

When string argument string_separator is given, equivalent to self.join(string_separator):

[0, [0, 1], {foo: 0}] * ', ' # => "0, 0, 1, {foo: 0}"



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# File 'array.c', line 5091

static VALUE
rb_ary_times(VALUE ary, VALUE times)
{
    VALUE ary2, tmp;
    const VALUE *ptr;
    long t, len;

    tmp = rb_check_string_type(times);
    if (!NIL_P(tmp)) {
        return rb_ary_join(ary, tmp);
    }

    len = NUM2LONG(times);
    if (len == 0) {
        ary2 = ary_new(rb_cArray, 0);
        goto out;
    }
    if (len < 0) {
        rb_raise(rb_eArgError, "negative argument");
    }
    if (ARY_MAX_SIZE/len < RARRAY_LEN(ary)) {
        rb_raise(rb_eArgError, "argument too big");
    }
    len *= RARRAY_LEN(ary);

    ary2 = ary_new(rb_cArray, len);
    ARY_SET_LEN(ary2, len);

    ptr = RARRAY_CONST_PTR(ary);
    t = RARRAY_LEN(ary);
    if (0 < t) {
        ary_memcpy(ary2, 0, t, ptr);
        while (t <= len/2) {
            ary_memcpy(ary2, t, t, RARRAY_CONST_PTR(ary2));
            t *= 2;
        }
        if (t < len) {
            ary_memcpy(ary2, t, len-t, RARRAY_CONST_PTR(ary2));
        }
    }
  out:
    return ary2;
}