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# pandas.Index.repeat

Index.repeat(repeats, axis=None)

  Repeat elements of an Index.

  Returns a new Index where each element of the current Index is repeated consecutively a given number of times.

  Parameters:
    repeats int or array of ints

      The number of repetitions for each element. This should be a non-negative integer. Repeating 0 times will return an empty Index.

    axis None

      Must be `None`. Has no effect but is accepted for compatibility with numpy.

  Returns:
    Index

      Newly created Index with repeated elements.

  See also

  `Series.repeat`

    Equivalent function for Series.

  `numpy.repeat`

    Similar method for `numpy.ndarray`.

  Examples

      >>> idx = pd.Index(["a", "b", "c"])
      >>> idx
      Index(['a', 'b', 'c'], dtype='str')
      >>> idx.repeat(2)
      Index(['a', 'a', 'b', 'b', 'c', 'c'], dtype='str')
      >>> idx.repeat([1, 2, 3])
      Index(['a', 'b', 'b', 'c', 'c', 'c'], dtype='str')