repeating string

Mike Kerner MikeKerner at roadrunner.com
Wed Feb 5 12:51:07 EST 2014


don't get me wrong, I hate it, because it's c and I can't just stare at it
and know that %30s means pad the front with spaces, but nice.


On Wed, Feb 5, 2014 at 12:50 PM, Mike Kerner <MikeKerner at roadrunner.com>wrote:

> nice.
>
>
> On Wed, Feb 5, 2014 at 11:24 AM, Alex Tweedly <alex at tweedly.net> wrote:
>
>> On 05/02/2014 15:06, Mike Kerner wrote:
>>
>>> Alex's idea is also clever, but what if I am trying to repeat another
>>> character, like "#"?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>> put replacetext( format("%30s", " "), " ", "x") into myVar
>>
>> (no promises for being the speediest solution - but still one line and no
>> library involved).
>> -- Alex.
>>
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-- 
On the first day, God created the heavens and the Earth
On the second day, God created the oceans.
On the third day, God put the animals on hold for a few hours,
   and did a little diving.
And God said, "This is good."



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