numpy.char.multiply() function in Python (original) (raw)

Last Updated : 29 Aug, 2020

The multiply() method of the char class in the NumPy module is used for element-wise string multiple concatenation.

numpy.char.multiply()

Syntax : numpy.char.multiply(a, i)
Parameters :

a : array of str or unicode

i : number of times to be repeated

Returns : Array of strings

Example 1 : Using the method on a single element string array.

Python3

import numpy as np

arr1 = np.array([ 'Geeks' ])

print ( "Original Array :" )

print (arr1)

i = 3

arr2 = np.char.multiply(arr1, i)

print ( "\nNew array :" )

print (arr2)

Output :

Original Array : ['Geeks']

New array : ['GeeksGeeksGeeks']

Example 2 : Using the method on multiple elements string array.

Python3

import numpy as np

arr1 = np.array([ 'Geeks' , 'for' , 'Geeks' ])