> import Control.Applicative
> replicate 3 'a'
"aaa"
> :t replicate
replicate :: Int -> b -> [b]
> :t liftA2
liftA2 :: (Applicative f) => (a -> b -> c) -> (f a -> f b -> f c)
> :t liftA2 replicate
liftA2 replicate :: (Applicative f) => f Int -> f b -> f [b]
> (liftA2 replicate) [1,2,3] ['a','b','c']
["a","b","c","aa","bb","cc","aaa","bbb","ccc"]
> ['a','b','c']
"abc"