repeating a string

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On 21.03.2005 05:18:39 use-revolution-bounces wrote:
>Sorry about the partial repeat - lappie issues...
>
>I can't for the life of me remember how to repeat a string, and of
>course I can't find anything in the docs either.
>
>I could do "a"&"a"&"a", but I thought there was something like "A"*3
>or such available.

yes there is but you have to make it yourself ;)

function stringRepeat str, reps
  repeat reps
    put str after nustr
  end repeat
  return nustr
end stringRepeat

cheers
Xavier


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