repeating string

[Alex Tweedly]

I absolutely agree. I have a function in my personal "standard library" 
that does (something close to) this, and I would never consider 
replacing that with this C-like code; I wrote C for a living for too 
many years already, thanks.

But as an answer to the request (i.e. native LC, not a function), it's 
the best I can do :-)

-- Alex.

On 05/02/2014 17:51, Mike Kerner wrote:
> 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.
>>>
>>>
>>> _______________________________________________
>>> use-livecode mailing list
>>> use-livecode at lists.runrev.com
>>> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your
>>> subscription preferences:
>>> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
>>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> 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."
>>
>
>