How to generate a continuous string

[Marc 'BlackJack' Rintsch]

In <1176717806.754728.9600 at y80g2000hsf.googlegroups.com>,
人言落日是天涯，望极天涯不见家 wrote:

> How to generate a continuous string, like this
> "aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa"
> the number of characters is dynamic. Is there a module or function
> implement this string ?
> such as: duplicate_string(char, num)

Even easier: multiply the string by a number.

In [12]: 'a' * 5
Out[12]: 'aaaaa'

Ciao,
	Marc 'BlackJack' Rintsch