REPLICATE()

Repeats a single character expression

Syntax

REPLICATE(<cString>,<nSize>) --> cReplicateString

Arguments

<cString> Character string to be replicated

<nSize> Number of times to replicate <cString>

Returns

<cReplicateString> A character expression containg the <cString> fill character.

Description

This function returns a string composed of <nSize> repetitions of <cString>.The lenght of the character string returned by this function is limited to the memory avaliable.

A value of 0 for <nSize> will return a NULL string.

      ? Replicate('a',10)    // aaaaaaaaaa
      ? Replicate('b',100000)
Tests
      See Examples

Status

Ready

Compliance

This function is Ca-Clipper compliant in all aspects, with the exception don't have the Clipper 64Kb string length.

Platforms

All

Files

Library is rtl

See Also

• SPACE()
• PADC()
• PADL()
• PADR()