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REPT
REPT outputs a string repeated N times. A common trick is REPT("|", value) to draw a tiny in-cell bar chart without conditional formatting.
Excel
=REPT(A2, 3)Google Sheets
=REPT(A2, 3)✓
Verified example
Computed by a real spreadsheet engine on the sample data below.
| Symbol |
| ab |
=REPT(A2, 3)→ababab
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How it works
- 1A2 holds the text to repeat.
- 23 is the number of repetitions.
- 3"ab" repeated 3 times is "ababab".