# PMAT-502k (Tranche 2): sequence repetition seq * n / n * seq.
# str * int -> repeated String; list * int -> repeated Vec. Negative
# counts clamp to empty (Python semantics).
def bar(n: int) -> str:
return "=" * n
def left_mul(n: int) -> str:
return n * "ab"
def zeros(n: int) -> list[int]:
return [0] * n
def repeat_pair(n: int) -> list[int]:
return [1, 2] * n
def clamp_negative() -> str:
return "x" * -3