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# numpy.core.defchararray.multiply

`numpy.core.defchararray.``multiply`(a, i)

  Return (a * i), that is string multiple concatenation, element-wise.

  Values in i of less than 0 are treated as 0 (which yields an empty string).

  Parameters: | a : array_like of str or unicode i : array_like of ints
  Returns: | out : ndarray Output array of str or unicode, depending on input types