In Python, how do I create a string of n characters in one line of code?

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Published on 2009-09-14T21:26:10Z Indexed on 2010/05/04 0:48 UTC
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I need to generate a string with n characters in Python. Is there a one line answer to achieve this with the existing Python library? For instance, I need a string of 10 letters:

string_val = 'abcdefghij'

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