# HG changeset patch
# User Paul Boddie <paul@boddie.org.uk>
# Date 1485639461 -3600
# Node ID 29349f755d4d9b9662298b0f8c0646e118fede6a
# Parent  5fad8f7bcd90b4a68c46750cef0a59392c6b2a73
Added string multiplication.

diff -r 5fad8f7bcd90 -r 29349f755d4d lib/__builtins__/str.py
--- a/lib/__builtins__/str.py	Sat Jan 28 13:27:31 2017 +0100
+++ b/lib/__builtins__/str.py	Sat Jan 28 22:37:41 2017 +0100
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 """
 String objects.
 
-Copyright (C) 2015, 2016 Paul Boddie <paul@boddie.org.uk>
+Copyright (C) 2015, 2016, 2017 Paul Boddie <paul@boddie.org.uk>
 
 This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
 the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software
@@ -102,8 +102,20 @@
 
         return self._binary_op_rev(str_add, other)
 
-    def __mul__(self, other): pass
-    def __rmul__(self, other): pass
+    def __mul__(self, other):
+
+        "Multiply the string by 'other'."
+
+        b = buffer()
+
+        while other > 0:
+            b.append(self)
+            other -= 1
+
+        return str(b)
+
+    __rmul__ = __mul__
+
     def __mod__(self, other): pass
     def __rmod__(self, other): pass
 
diff -r 5fad8f7bcd90 -r 29349f755d4d tests/string.py
--- a/tests/string.py	Sat Jan 28 13:27:31 2017 +0100
+++ b/tests/string.py	Sat Jan 28 22:37:41 2017 +0100
@@ -64,3 +64,15 @@
 print hash(s4)
 print "# hash(s5):",
 print hash(s5)
+
+# Test multiplication of strings.
+
+s6 = "abc"
+print s6 * -1               #
+print s6 * 0                #
+print s6 * 1                # abc
+print s6 * 2                # abcabc
+print -1 * s6               #
+print 0 * s6                #
+print 1 * s6                # abc
+print 2 * s6                # abcabc