How to repeat string n times in idiomatic clojure way?

Question

In Ruby, \"str\" * 3 will give you \"strstrstr\". In Clojure, the closest I can think of is (map (fn [n] \"str\") (range 3)) Is there a more idioma

Answer 1

Or use the repeat function that comes with clojure-contrib' string package. In that case you can use (clojure.contrib.string/repeat 3 "str") which results in "strstrstr".