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 repetitions of .The lenght of the character string returned by this function is limited to the memory avaliable.

A value of 0 for will return a NULL string.

Examples

? 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