diff --git a/cli/test.yaml b/cli/test.yaml
index eb10681a..ee70767f 100644
--- a/cli/test.yaml
+++ b/cli/test.yaml
@@ -2647,9 +2647,16 @@
 
 - name: multiply empty string
   args:
-    - '7 * ""'
+    - '(-9223372036854775808, -1, 0, 0.001, 0.999, 1, 7, 9223372036854775807) * ""'
   input: 'null'
   expected: |
+    null
+    null
+    null
+    ""
+    ""
+    ""
+    ""
     ""
 
 - name: multiply objects
diff --git a/operator.go b/operator.go
index 7f9abee1..73a548e0 100644
--- a/operator.go
+++ b/operator.go
@@ -436,7 +436,7 @@ func repeatString(s string, n float64) any {
 	if n <= 0.0 || len(s) > 0 && n > float64(0x10000000/len(s)) || math.IsNaN(n) {
 		return nil
 	}
-	if n < 1.0 {
+	if int(n) < 1 {
 		return s
 	}
 	return strings.Repeat(s, int(n))