## Syntax
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Start((START)) --> REPEAT[REPEAT]:::quoted
REPEAT --> End((END))
```
## Purpose
The `REPEAT` SQL function gets a concatenation of the text by a number of times.
Parameters:
- Text (`varchar2`): text to repeat.
- Times (`int32`): number of time to repeat the text.
Returns: the text repeated a number of times.
## Examples
The following example repeats `abc` two times:
```sql
select repeat('abc', 2)
-------------------
abcabc
```
The following example repeats the number 0.5 five times:
```sql
select repeat(0.5, 5)
-------------------
0.50.50.50.50.5
```