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.
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