feat: add Span overloads to complement char.Repeat/string.Repeat

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 - X10D: Added `string.ConcatIf`.
 - X10D: Added `string.MDBold`, `string.MDCode`, `string.MDCodeBlock([string])`, `string.MDHeading(int)`,
 `string.MDItalic`, `string.MDLink`, `string.MDStrikeOut`, and `string.MDUnderline` for Markdown formatting.
+- X10D: Added Span overloads which complement `char.Repeat` and `string.Repeat`.
 - X10D.Unity: Added `RaycastHit.GetComponent` and `RaycastHit.TryGetComponent`.
 - X10D.Unity: Added `DebugUtility.DrawFunction`, and `DebugUtility.DrawUnjoinedPolyhedron` on which it relies.
 
@@ -41,6 +42,7 @@ BigEndian/LittleEndian methods.
 - X10D: `Stream.GetHash<>` and `Stream.TryWriteHash<>` now throw ArgumentException in lieu of
 TypeInitializationException.
 - X10D: `char.IsEmoji` no longer allocates for .NET 7.
+- X10D: `string.Repeat` is now more efficient.
 
 ### Removed
 

X10D.Tests/src/Text/CharSpanTests.cs

@@ -60,4 +60,60 @@ internal class CharSpanTests
         Assert.That(string.Empty.AsSpan().CountSubstring('\0'), Is.Zero);
         Assert.That(string.Empty.AsSpan().CountSubstring(string.Empty.AsSpan(), StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase), Is.Zero);
     }
+
+    [Test]
+    public void Repeat_ShouldNotManipulateSpan_GivenCount0()
+    {
+        Span<char> destination = new char[11];
+        "Hello world".AsSpan().CopyTo(destination);
+
+        "a".AsSpan().Repeat(0, destination);
+        Assert.That(destination.ToString(), Is.EqualTo("Hello world"));
+    }
+
+    [Test]
+    public void Repeat_ShouldReturnItself_GivenCount1()
+    {
+        string repeated = "a".AsSpan().Repeat(1);
+        Assert.That(repeated, Has.Length.EqualTo(1));
+        Assert.That(repeated, Is.EqualTo("a"));
+    }
+
+    [Test]
+    public void Repeat_ShouldPopulateSpan_GivenValidSpan()
+    {
+        const string expected = "aaaaaaaaaa";
+        Span<char> destination = new char[10];
+        "a".AsSpan().Repeat(10, destination);
+
+        Assert.That(destination.ToString(), Is.EqualTo(expected));
+    }
+
+    [Test]
+    public void Repeat_ShouldReturnEmptyString_GivenCount0()
+    {
+        Assert.That("a".AsSpan().Repeat(0), Is.EqualTo(string.Empty));
+    }
+
+    [Test]
+    public void Repeat_ShouldReturnRepeatedString_GivenSpan()
+    {
+        const string expected = "aaaaaaaaaa";
+        string actual = "a".AsSpan().Repeat(10);
+
+        Assert.That(actual, Is.EqualTo(expected));
+    }
+
+    [Test]
+    public void Repeat_ShouldThrowArgumentException_GivenSmallSpan()
+    {
+        Assert.Throws<ArgumentException>(() => "a".AsSpan().Repeat(10, Span<char>.Empty));
+    }
+
+    [Test]
+    public void Repeat_ShouldThrowArgumentOutOfRangeException_GivenNegativeCount()
+    {
+        Assert.Throws<ArgumentOutOfRangeException>(() => _ = "a".AsSpan().Repeat(-1));
+        Assert.Throws<ArgumentOutOfRangeException>(() => "a".AsSpan().Repeat(-1, Span<char>.Empty));
+    }
 }

X10D.Tests/src/Text/CharTests.cs

@@ -28,6 +28,25 @@ internal class CharTests
         }
     }
 
+    [Test]
+    public void Repeat_ShouldPopulateSpanWithRepeatedCharacter_GivenValidCount()
+    {
+        const string expected = "aaaaaaaaaa";
+        Span<char> destination = new char[10];
+        'a'.Repeat(10, destination);
+
+        Assert.That(destination.ToString(), Is.EqualTo(expected));
+    }
+
+    [Test]
+    public void Repeat_ShouldOnlyWriteOneCharToSpan_GivenCount1()
+    {
+        Span<char> destination = new char[10];
+        'a'.Repeat(1, destination);
+
+        Assert.That(destination.ToString(), Is.EqualTo("a\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0"));
+    }
+
     [Test]
     public void Repeat_ShouldReturnRepeatedCharacter_GivenValidCount()
     {
@@ -51,9 +70,34 @@ internal class CharTests
         Assert.That('a'.Repeat(0), Is.EqualTo(string.Empty));
     }
 
+    [Test]
+    public void Repeat_ShouldNotManipulateSpan_GivenCount0()
+    {
+        Span<char> destination = new char[10];
+        destination.Fill(' ');
+        'a'.Repeat(0, destination);
+
+        const string expected = "          ";
+        Assert.That(destination.ToString(), Is.EqualTo(expected));
+    }
+
     [Test]
     public void Repeat_ShouldThrowArgumentOutOfRangeException_GivenNegativeCount()
+    {
+        Assert.Multiple(() =>
         {
             Assert.Throws<ArgumentOutOfRangeException>(() => _ = 'a'.Repeat(-1));
+            Assert.Throws<ArgumentOutOfRangeException>(() => 'a'.Repeat(-1, Span<char>.Empty));
+        });
+    }
+
+    [Test]
+    public void Repeat_ShouldThrowArgumentException_GivenSmallSpan()
+    {
+        Assert.Throws<ArgumentException>(() =>
+        {
+            var destination = Span<char>.Empty;
+            'a'.Repeat(1, destination);
+        });
     }
 }

X10D.Tests/src/Text/StringTests.cs

@@ -762,6 +762,16 @@ internal class StringTests
         Assert.That("a".Repeat(0), Is.EqualTo(string.Empty));
     }
 
+    [Test]
+    public void Repeat_ShouldNotManipulateSpan_GivenCount0()
+    {
+        Span<char> destination = new char[11];
+        "Hello world".AsSpan().CopyTo(destination);
+
+        "a".Repeat(0, destination);
+        Assert.That(destination.ToString(), Is.EqualTo("Hello world"));
+    }
+
     [Test]
     public void Repeat_ShouldReturnItself_GivenCount1()
     {
@@ -770,10 +780,17 @@ internal class StringTests
         Assert.That(repeated, Is.EqualTo("a"));
     }
 
+    [Test]
+    public void Repeat_ShouldThrowArgumentException_GivenSmallSpan()
+    {
+        Assert.Throws<ArgumentException>(() => "a".Repeat(10, Span<char>.Empty));
+    }
+
     [Test]
     public void Repeat_ShouldThrowArgumentOutOfRangeException_GivenNegativeCount()
     {
         Assert.Throws<ArgumentOutOfRangeException>(() => _ = "a".Repeat(-1));
+        Assert.Throws<ArgumentOutOfRangeException>(() => "a".Repeat(-1, Span<char>.Empty));
     }
 
     [Test]
@@ -781,6 +798,26 @@ internal class StringTests
     {
         string value = null!;
         Assert.Throws<ArgumentNullException>(() => _ = value.Repeat(0));
+        Assert.Throws<ArgumentNullException>(() => value.Repeat(0, Span<char>.Empty));
+    }
+
+    [Test]
+    public void Repeat_ShouldPopulateSpanWithRepeatedCharacter_GivenValidCount()
+    {
+        const string expected = "aaaaaaaaaa";
+        Span<char> destination = new char[10];
+        "a".Repeat(10, destination);
+
+        Assert.That(destination.ToString(), Is.EqualTo(expected));
+    }
+
+    [Test]
+    public void Repeat_ShouldOnlyWriteOneCharToSpan_GivenCount1()
+    {
+        Span<char> destination = new char[10];
+        "a".Repeat(1, destination);
+
+        Assert.That(destination.ToString(), Is.EqualTo("a\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0"));
     }
 
     [Test]

X10D/src/Text/CharExtensions.cs

@@ -47,4 +47,34 @@ public static class CharExtensions
             _ => new string(value, count)
         };
     }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    ///     Writes a character to a span of characters, repeated a specified number of times.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="value">The character to repeat.</param>
+    /// <param name="count">The number of times to repeat.</param>
+    /// <param name="destination">The span of characters into which the repeated characters will be written.</param>
+    [MethodImpl(CompilerResources.MethodImplOptions)]
+    public static void Repeat(this char value, int count, Span<char> destination)
+    {
+        if (count < 0)
+        {
+            throw new ArgumentOutOfRangeException(nameof(count), ExceptionMessages.CountMustBeGreaterThanOrEqualTo0);
+        }
+
+        if (count == 0)
+        {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        if (destination.Length < count)
+        {
+            throw new ArgumentException(ExceptionMessages.DestinationSpanLengthTooShort, nameof(destination));
+        }
+
+        for (var i = 0; i < count; i++)
+        {
+            destination[i] = value;
+        }
+    }
 }

X10D/src/Text/CharSpanExtensions.cs

@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+using System.Diagnostics.Contracts;
+using System.Runtime.CompilerServices;
+using System.Text;
+using X10D.CompilerServices;
+
 namespace X10D.Text;
 
 /// <summary>
@@ -67,4 +72,73 @@ public static class CharSpanExtensions
 
         return count;
     }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    ///     Repeats a span of characters a specified number of times.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="value">The string to repeat.</param>
+    /// <param name="count">The repeat count.</param>
+    /// <returns>A string containing <paramref name="value" /> repeated <paramref name="count" /> times.</returns>
+    /// <exception cref="ArgumentNullException"><paramref name="value" /> is <see langword="null" />.</exception>
+    /// <exception cref="ArgumentOutOfRangeException"><paramref name="count" /> is less than 0.</exception>
+    [Pure]
+    [MethodImpl(CompilerResources.MethodImplOptions)]
+    public static string Repeat(this ReadOnlySpan<char> value, int count)
+    {
+        switch (count)
+        {
+            case < 0:
+                throw new ArgumentOutOfRangeException(nameof(count), ExceptionMessages.CountMustBeGreaterThanOrEqualTo0);
+
+            case 0:
+                return string.Empty;
+
+            case 1:
+                return value.ToString();
+        }
+
+        var builder = new StringBuilder(value.Length * count);
+
+        for (var i = 0; i < count; i++)
+        {
+            builder.Append(value);
+        }
+
+        return builder.ToString();
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    ///     Repeats a span of character a specified number of times, writing the result to another span of characters.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="value">The span of characters to repeat.</param>
+    /// <param name="count">The repeat count.</param>
+    /// <param name="destination">The destination span to write to.</param>
+    /// <exception cref="ArgumentOutOfRangeException"><paramref name="count" /> is less than 0.</exception>
+    /// <exception cref="ArgumentException">
+    ///     <paramref name="destination" /> is too short to contain the repeated string.
+    /// </exception>
+    [MethodImpl(CompilerResources.MethodImplOptions)]
+    public static void Repeat(this ReadOnlySpan<char> value, int count, Span<char> destination)
+    {
+        if (count < 0)
+        {
+            throw new ArgumentOutOfRangeException(nameof(count), ExceptionMessages.CountMustBeGreaterThanOrEqualTo0);
+        }
+
+        if (count == 0)
+        {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        if (destination.Length < value.Length * count)
+        {
+            throw new ArgumentException(ExceptionMessages.DestinationSpanLengthTooShort, nameof(destination));
+        }
+
+        for (var iteration = 0; iteration < count; iteration++)
+        {
+            Span<char> slice = destination.Slice(iteration * value.Length, value.Length);
+            value.CopyTo(slice);
+        }
+    }
 }

X10D/src/Text/StringExtensions.cs

@@ -932,14 +932,50 @@ public static class StringExtensions
                 return value;
         }
 
-        var builder = new StringBuilder(value.Length * count);
+        Span<char> destination = stackalloc char[value.Length * count];
-
+        value.Repeat(count, destination);
-        for (var i = 0; i < count; i++)
+        return new string(destination);
-        {
-            builder.Append(value);
     }
 
-        return builder.ToString();
+    /// <summary>
+    ///     Repeats a string a specified number of times, writing the result to a span of characters.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="value">The string to repeat.</param>
+    /// <param name="count">The repeat count.</param>
+    /// <param name="destination">The destination span to write to.</param>
+    /// <exception cref="ArgumentNullException"><paramref name="value" /> is <see langword="null" />.</exception>
+    /// <exception cref="ArgumentOutOfRangeException"><paramref name="count" /> is less than 0.</exception>
+    /// <exception cref="ArgumentException">
+    ///     <paramref name="destination" /> is too short to contain the repeated string.
+    /// </exception>
+    [MethodImpl(CompilerResources.MethodImplOptions)]
+    public static void Repeat(this string value, int count, Span<char> destination)
+    {
+        if (value is null)
+        {
+            throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(value));
+        }
+
+        if (count < 0)
+        {
+            throw new ArgumentOutOfRangeException(nameof(count), ExceptionMessages.CountMustBeGreaterThanOrEqualTo0);
+        }
+
+        if (count == 0)
+        {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        if (destination.Length < value.Length * count)
+        {
+            throw new ArgumentException(ExceptionMessages.DestinationSpanLengthTooShort, nameof(destination));
+        }
+
+        for (var iteration = 0; iteration < count; iteration++)
+        {
+            Span<char> slice = destination.Slice(iteration * value.Length, value.Length);
+            value.AsSpan().CopyTo(slice);
+        }
     }
 
     /// <summary>