How to Vim multiply symbol "a" with a number from clipboard?

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I need to multiply symbol "a" with a number from clipboard. For example 3a = aaa

In clipboard register is @+. May be to do that throw command line mode, but don't understand how.

Where does the symbol a reside? In a register? Or is it really literal a? Or a selection of edited text? Anyway have you tried :help repeat()? — Hoblovski, Jul 5 at 7:29
Thanks a lot. It's working. Copy number in @+ ``` <c-r> in insert mode :repeat('a', @+) ``` — serii, Jul 5 at 7:54
@Serii feel free to post your answer such that other can vote for it. You could also accept your own answer after a delay of two days. It allow the question to rest :-) — Vivian De Smedt, Jul 5 at 8:05

D. Ben Knoble · Accepted Answer · 2023-07-06 13:39:00Z

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If the number is in the + register, you can insert the result of a repeat() expression by doing (from insert mode):

<c-r>=repeat('a', @+)<enter>

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