Idiom for “repeat n times”?

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EDIT: The votes to close are wrong. The accepted answer in Repeat Character N Times is not applicable in general. E.g.:

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Answer 1

Underscore.js has a times function that does exactly what you want:

_.times(3, Math.random)

If you don't want to use Underscore, you can just write your own times function (copied and slightly simplified from the Underscore source):

times = function(n, iterator) {
  var accum = Array(Math.max(0, n));
  for (var i = 0; i < n; i++) accum[i] = iterator.call();
  return accum;
};