# Question in Strings.ipynb

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/question-in-strings-ipynb/64074>\
**Category:** General Usage\
**Created:** [July 5, 2021, 11:43am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/question-in-strings-ipynb/64074 "2021-07-05T11:43:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![Paresh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9d8465/32.png) [@Paresh](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Paresh)\
**Post date:** [July 5, 2021, 11:43am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/question-in-strings-ipynb/64074/1 "2021-07-05T11:43:04Z")

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Hello,

I am new to Julia. I have a question in Strings.ipynb in Intro to Julia. Exercise 2.1 part (b), what is the exponentiation operator in Julia? How can I produce “hi” 1000 times by using \* under the hood? Please give some hints. Thank you.

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**Author:** ![nilshg](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/nilshg/32/2283_2.png) [@nilshg](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/nilshg)\
**Post date:** [July 5, 2021, 12:12pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/question-in-strings-ipynb/64074/2 "2021-07-05T12:12:55Z")

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Not sure which notebook you’re referring to, but:

```julia
julia> "abc"^5
"abcabcabcabcabc"

```

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**Author:** ![Paresh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9d8465/32.png) [@Paresh](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Paresh)\
**Post date:** [July 5, 2021, 12:24pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/question-in-strings-ipynb/64074/3 "2021-07-05T12:24:38Z")

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Thank you!