Multiplying a string by an int in C++

There is no predefined * operator that will multiply a string by an int, but you can define your own:

#include <iostream>
#include <sstream>
#include <string>

using namespace std;

string operator*(const string& s, unsigned int n) {
    stringstream out;
    while (n--)
        out << s;
    return out.str();
}

string operator*(unsigned int n, const string& s) { return s * n; }

int main(int, char **) {
    string s = ".";
    cout << s * 3 << endl;
    cout << 3 * s << endl;
}

No, std::string has no operator *. You can add (char, string) to other string. Look at this http://en.cppreference.com/w/cpp/string/basic_string

And if you want this behaviour (no advice this) you can use something like this

#include <iostream>
#include <string>

template<typename Char, typename Traits, typename Allocator>
std::basic_string<Char, Traits, Allocator> operator *
(const std::basic_string<Char, Traits, Allocator> s, size_t n)
{
   std::basic_string<Char, Traits, Allocator> tmp = s;
   for (size_t i = 0; i < n; ++i)
   {
      tmp += s;
   }
   return tmp;
}

template<typename Char, typename Traits, typename Allocator>
std::basic_string<Char, Traits, Allocator> operator *
(size_t n, const std::basic_string<Char, Traits, Allocator>& s)
{
   return s * n;
}

int main()
{
   std::string s = "a";
   std::cout << s * 5 << std::endl;
   std::cout << 5 * s << std::endl;
   std::wstring ws = L"a";
   std::wcout << ws * 5 << std::endl;
   std::wcout << 5 * ws << std::endl;
}

http://liveworkspace.org/code/52f7877b88cd0fba4622fab885907313

std::string has a constructor of the form

std::string(size_type count, char c);

that will repeat the character. For example

#include <iostream>

int main() {
   std::string stuff(2, '.');
   std::cout << stuff << std::endl;
   return 0;
}

will output

..

I used operator overloading to simulate this behavior in c++.

#include <iostream>
#include <string>
using namespace std;

/* Overloading * operator */
string operator * (string a, unsigned int b) {
    string output = "";
    while (b--) {
        output += a;
    }
    return output;
}


int main() {
    string str = "abc";
    cout << (str * 2);
    return 0;
}

Output: abcabc