String (Function)function

Creates and fills a string of a certain length with a certain character

Syntax

Declare Function String ( ByVal count As Integer, ByVal ch_code As Long ) As String

Declare Function String ( ByVal count As Integer, ByRef ch As Const String ) As String

Name		Description
`count`		An integer specifying the length of the string to be created.
`ch_code`		A long specifying the ASCII character code to be used to fill the string.
`ch`		A string whose first character is to be used to fill the string.

The created string. An empty string will be returned if either ch is an empty string, or count <= 0.

The String function returns a string with a length of count, filled with a given ch_code or ch.



result = String[$]( count, ch_code )



result = String[$]( count, ch )

The string type suffix "$" is required in the -lang qb dialect.
The string type suffix "$" is optional in the -lang fblite dialect.
The string type suffix "$" is ignored in the -lang fb dialect, warn only with the -w suffix compile option (or -w pedantic compile option).

Print String( 4, 69 )         '' prints "EEEE"

Print String( 5, "Indeed" )   '' prints "IIIII"

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