diff --git a/ast.go b/ast.go
index 3c278c5..85a6982 100644
--- a/ast.go
+++ b/ast.go
@@ -100,24 +100,48 @@ func executeCmd(cmd *Command) error {
 				}
 			}
 		}
+	} else if cmd.RptLoops != nil {
+		// For each repeat loop
+		for _, RptLoop := range cmd.RptLoops {
+			for i:=0;i<*RptLoop.Times;i++ {
+				if RptLoop.IndexVar != nil {
+					Vars[*RptLoop.IndexVar] = i
+				}
+				for _, InnerCmd := range RptLoop.InnerCmds {
+					// Execute command recursively
+					err := executeCmd(InnerCmd)
+					if err != nil {
+						return fmt.Errorf("%s: %s", InnerCmd.Pos, err)
+					}
+				}
+			}
+		}
 	}
 	return nil
 }
 
 // Command stores any commands encountered while parsing a script
 type Command struct {
-	Pos   lexer.Position
+	Pos    lexer.Position
 	Tokens []lexer.Token
-	Vars  []*Var      `( @@`
-	Ifs   []*If       `| @@`
-	Calls []*FuncCall `| @@)`
+	Vars   []*Var      `( @@`
+	Ifs    []*If       `| @@`
+	RptLoops []*RptLoop`| @@`
+	Calls  []*FuncCall `| @@)`
 }
 
 // If stores any if statements encountered while parsing a script
 type If struct {
 	Pos       lexer.Position
 	Condition *Value     `"if" @@ "{"`
-	InnerCmds []*Command `@@*"}"`
+	InnerCmds []*Command `@@* "}"`
+}
+
+type RptLoop struct {
+	Pos       lexer.Position
+	Times     *int     `"repeat" @Number "times" "{"`
+	IndexVar *string `(@Ident "in")?`
+	InnerCmds []*Command `@@* "}"`
 }
 
 // FuncCall stores any function calls encountered while parsing a script
@@ -143,13 +167,13 @@ type Var struct {
 
 // Value stores any literal values encountered while parsing a script
 type Value struct {
-	Pos     lexer.Position
-	String  *string     `  @String`
-	Number   *float64    `| @Number`
-	Bool    *Bool       `| @("true" | "false")`
-	SubCmd  *FuncCall   `| "(" @@ ")"`
-	VarVal  *string     `| "$" @Ident`
-	Expr    *Expression `| "{" @@ "}"`
+	Pos    lexer.Position
+	String *string     `  @String`
+	Number *float64    `| @Number`
+	Bool   *Bool       `| @("true" | "false")`
+	SubCmd *FuncCall   `| "(" @@ ")"`
+	VarVal *string     `| "$" @Ident`
+	Expr   *Expression `| "{" @@ "}"`
 }
 
 // Bool stores boolean values encountered while parsing a script.
diff --git a/defaults.go b/defaults.go
index 34ff3bb..016ed1f 100644
--- a/defaults.go
+++ b/defaults.go
@@ -81,3 +81,11 @@ func doShellScript(args map[string]interface{}) (interface{}, error) {
 		return nil, errors.New("script not provided")
 	}
 }
+
+func toString(args map[string]interface{}) (interface{}, error) {
+	val, ok := args[""]
+	if !ok {
+		return nil, errors.New("no value provided")
+	}
+	return fmt.Sprint(val), nil
+}
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diff --git a/lexer.go b/lexer.go
index 7346e68..ca62611 100644
--- a/lexer.go
+++ b/lexer.go
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@ var scptLexer = lexer.Must(stateful.NewSimple([]stateful.Rule{
 	{"Ident", `[a-zA-Z]\w*`, nil},
 	{"String", `"[^"]*"`, nil},
 	{"Number", `(?:\d*\.)?\d+`, nil},
-	{"Punct", `[-[!@#$&()_{}\|:;"',.?/]|]`, nil},
+	{"Punct", `[-[!@$&()_{}\|:;"',.?/]|]`, nil},
 	{"Whitespace", `[ \t\r\n]+`, nil},
 	{"Comment", `#[^\n]+`, nil},
 	{"Operator", `(>=|<=|>|<|==|!=)|[-+*/^%]`, nil},
-}))
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+}))
diff --git a/scpt.go b/scpt.go
index 6d0380b..c88fbef 100644
--- a/scpt.go
+++ b/scpt.go
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ type FuncMap map[string]func(map[string]interface{}) (interface{}, error)
 var Funcs = FuncMap{
 	"display-dialog":  displayDialog,
 	"do-shell-script": doShellScript,
+	"string": toString,
 }
 
 // AddFuncs adds all functions from the provided FuncMap into
@@ -63,7 +64,7 @@ func Parse(r io.Reader) (*AST, error) {
 		&AST{},
 		participle.Lexer(scptLexer),
 		participle.Elide("Whitespace", "Comment"),
-		)
+	)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
diff --git a/test.scpt b/test.scpt
index c132aba..bfe231b 100644
--- a/test.scpt
+++ b/test.scpt
@@ -14,3 +14,8 @@ if {3 == 3} {
     }
 }
 
+do-shell-script "echo rpt"
+
+repeat 5 times { z in
+    do-shell-script {"echo " + (string $z)}
+}
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