Is there a way to make JavaScript read strings as strings when multipying by numbers?

Question

I am (using JavaScript) trying to get an output of 50 dashes as a banner like this:
"--------------------------------------------------"
I have so far tried the following:


let a = []
for (var i = 0; i < 50; i++) {
  a.push("-")
}

console.log(...a)

and


console.log("-" * 50)

These do not work, as in the first one, there are spaces in between the dashes.
The second one returns NaN, which is not what I need either.
The regular way I used to do this in Python was:
print("-" * 50)

This gave the perfect result of "----------------------------------------------------".
The print() function being Python's equivalent of console.log().
However, this does not work in JavaScript, as said before.
I also figured out that this does not work due to the fact that the string is parsed as a number.
Is there a way to achieve the "----------------------------------------------------" banner in JavaScript without typing it manually, or is there a way to make sure that "-" is not parsed as a number?

Cristian Torres · Accepted Answer

No, javascript lack of that feature. But you could use repeat() on ECMAScript6:


console.log("-".repeat(50))

This is Mozilla's reference https://developer.mozilla.org/es/docs/Web/JavaScript/Referencia/Objetos_globales/String/repeat

Mister Jojo · Answer

if you want to use an Array:


let a = Array(50).fill('-').join('')

console.log(a)

DCR · Answer

let a = []
for (var i = 0; i < 50; i++) {
  a.push("-")
}

a=a.toString();

a=a.replace(/,/g,'');
console.log(a);

Is there a way to make JavaScript read strings as strings when multipying by numbers?

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