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String.duplicate - syntax suggestion
Hi everyone, first topic here! currently I’m finishing the ‘Programming Elixir 1.3’ book and I wondered about something…
The String.duplicate\2 function name is not clear… I say this because, at least in my point of view when I say duplicate it automatically referts to make it twice (What’s the meaning of duplicate 3 times ??)
So String.duplicate("a") would return "aa"
It would be something like String.replicate\2 or String.repeat\2 (Replicate n-times or repeat n-times).
I hope I get understood, English isn’t my native language and I’m just learning Elixir at the moment.
Thanks for the wonderful community.
Kisses to everyone 
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OvermindDL1
As a native English speaker it makes sense to me, it is used as a verb (where your usage seems to be as a noun):
verb
ˈd(y)o͞opləˌkāt/
1.
make or be an exact copy of.
"a unique scent, impossible to duplicate or forget"
synonyms: copy, photocopy, xerox, reproduce, replicate, reprint, run off;
And since it takes an integer number to be the number of times to duplicate it it makes sense to me, although perhaps that number should default to 2 would make sense.
Hal9000
I never thought of it before, but I think he is right.
Hal
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