Add repeat polyfill for repeating a string

src/utils/Generic.ts

@@ -11,3 +11,31 @@
 export function contains(arr: any[], el: any): boolean {
   return arr.indexOf(el) >= 0;
 }
+
+/**
+ * Returns a string repeated a given number of times
+ * Polyfill from https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/String/repeat
+ * @param {Number} count The number of times to repeat the string
+ * @param {String} string The string that is to be repeated
+ */
+export function repeat(count: number, str: string): string {
+  if (count < 0) throw new RangeError('repeat count must be non-negative');
+  if (count === Infinity) throw new RangeError('repeat count must be less than infinity');
+
+  count = Math.floor(count);
+  if (str.length === 0 || count === 0) return '';
+
+  // Ensuring count is a 31-bit integer allows us to heavily optimize the
+  // main part. But anyway, most current (August 2014) browsers can't handle
+  // strings 1 << 28 chars or longer, so:
+  if (str.length * count >= 1 << 28) {
+    throw new RangeError('repeat count must not overflow maximum string size');
+  }
+
+  let rpt = '';
+  for (let i = 0; i < count; i++) {
+    rpt += str;
+  }
+
+  return rpt;
+}