js repeated similar if code example

Example 1: how to check for duplicate syntax in javascript

let strArray = [ "q", "w", "w", "w", "e", "i", "u", "r"];
let findDuplicates = arr => arr.filter((item, index) => arr.indexOf(item) != index)

console.log(findDuplicates(strArray)) // All duplicates
console.log([...new Set(findDuplicates(strArray))]) // Unique duplicates

Example 2: how to return a string x amount in javascript without using . repeat

function repeatStringNumTimes(string, times) {
  var repeatedString = "";
  while (times > 0) {
    repeatedString += string;
    times--;
  }
  return repeatedString;
}
repeatStringNumTimes("abc", 3);