diff --git a/lib/ace/lib/lang.js b/lib/ace/lib/lang.js
index 563c7f24..4e6ebf2c 100644
--- a/lib/ace/lib/lang.js
+++ b/lib/ace/lib/lang.js
@@ -37,13 +37,12 @@ exports.stringReverse = function(string) {
 
 exports.stringRepeat = function (string, count) {
     var result = '';
-    while (count)
-    {
+    while (count > 0) {
         if (count & 1)
-                result += string;
+            result += string;
 
         if (count >>= 1)
-                string += string;
+            string += string;
     }
     return result;
 };
diff --git a/lib/ace/multi_select.js b/lib/ace/multi_select.js
index e1ecd80c..2940b8e0 100644
--- a/lib/ace/multi_select.js
+++ b/lib/ace/multi_select.js
@@ -780,23 +780,23 @@ var Editor = require("./editor").Editor;
             return m;
         }).map(isLeftAligned ? isRightAligned ? alignRight : alignLeft : unAlign);
 
-        function strRepeat(n, ch) {
-            return Array(n + 1).join(ch)
+        function spaces(n) {
+            return lang.stringRepeat(" ", n);
         }
 
         function alignLeft(m) {
-            return !m[2] ? m[0] : strRepeat(startW, " ") + m[2]
-                + strRepeat(textW - m[2].length + endW, " ")
+            return !m[2] ? m[0] : spaces(startW) + m[2]
+                + spaces(textW - m[2].length + endW)
                 + m[4].replace(/^([=:])\s+/, "$1 ")
         }
         function alignRight(m) {
-            return !m[2] ? m[0] : strRepeat(startW + textW - m[2].length, " ") + m[2]
-                + strRepeat(endW, " ")
+            return !m[2] ? m[0] : spaces(startW + textW - m[2].length) + m[2]
+                + spaces(endW, " ")
                 + m[4].replace(/^([=:])\s+/, "$1 ")
         }
         function unAlign(m) {
-            return !m[2] ? m[0] : strRepeat(startW, " ") + m[2]
-                + strRepeat(endW, " ")
+            return !m[2] ? m[0] : spaces(startW) + m[2]
+                + spaces(endW)
                 + m[4].replace(/^([=:])\s+/, "$1 ")
         }
     }