Repeat String - Javascript

Question

What is the best or most concise method for returning a string repeated an arbitrary amount of times?

The following is my best shot so far:

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Answer 1

function repeat(pattern, count) {
  for (var result = '';;) {
    if (count & 1) {
      result += pattern;
    }
    if (count >>= 1) {
      pattern += pattern;
    } else {
      return result;
    }
  }
}

You can test it at JSFiddle. Benchmarked against the hacky Array.join and mine is, roughly speaking, 10 (Chrome) to 100 (Safari) to 200 (Firefox) times faster (depending on the browser).