How do I call a function twice or more times consecutively?

Question

Is there a short way to call a function twice or more consecutively in Python? For example:

do()
do()
do()

maybe like:

3*do         


        

Answer 1

You could define a function that repeats the passed function N times.

def repeat_fun(times, f):
    for i in range(times): f()

If you want to make it even more flexible, you can even pass arguments to the function being repeated:

def repeat_fun(times, f, *args):
    for i in range(times): f(*args)

Usage:

>>> def do():
...   print 'Doing'
... 
>>> def say(s):
...   print s
... 
>>> repeat_fun(3, do)
Doing
Doing
Doing
>>> repeat_fun(4, say, 'Hello!')
Hello!
Hello!
Hello!
Hello!