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## Overview
We can use the **asterisk `*` operator** to duplicate a string for the specified number of times.

The asterisk operator returns a new string that contains a number of copies of the original string.

## Syntax
```ruby
string * int
```
## Parameters
* `string`: the string you want to duplicate.

* `int`: the number of times that you want to duplicate the string.

## Return value
The return value is a new string with `n` copies of the original string.

## Code example
In the code below, we use the `*` operator to duplicate certain strings and print out the return values.


# create strings
str1 = "Heyyo!"
str2 = "Hi!"
str3 = "Edpresso"

# duplicate the strings
a = str1 * 2    # 2 times
b = str2 * 5    # 4 times
c = str3 * 7    # 7 times


puts a
puts b
puts c

How to duplicate a string N times in Ruby

Use the asterisk (*) operator in Ruby to duplicate a string a specified number of times.