Concatenate and Repeat Lists

Easy ⏱ 8 min 79% acceptance ★★★★☆ 4.3

Write combine_and_repeat(a, b, times) that returns the concatenation of lists a and b (using +), repeated times times as a whole (using *). For example, if a + b gives [1, 2] and times is 2, the result is [1, 2, 1, 2].

Examples

Example 1

Input

a = [1], b = [2], times = 3

Output

[1, 2, 1, 2, 1, 2]

Explanation

a + b = [1, 2], then that whole sequence repeats 3 times.

Constraints

0 <= times <= 100

Topics

ListsOperators

Companies

TCSInfosys

Hints

Hint 1

(a + b) * times combines concatenation and repetition.

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