Wstring (Function)function

Fills a WString with a certain length of a certain wide character

Syntax

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

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

Parameters

Name		Description
`count`		An `Integer` specifying the length of the string to be created.
`ch_code`		A `Long` specifying the Unicode char to be used to fill the string.
`ch`		A `WString` whose first character is to be used to fill the string.

Return value

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

Description

WString generates a temporary WString filled with count copies of a Unicode character. This string can be printed or assigned to a previously Dimed WString.

Remarks

Usage



result = WString( count, ch_code )

or

result = WString( count, ch )

Platform Differences

Unicode strings are not supported in the DOS port of FreeBASIC.

Dialect Differences

Not available in the -lang qb dialect unless referenced with the alias __Wstring.

Differences from QB

QBasic does not support Unicode

Example

Print WString( 4, 934 )         

Print WString( 5, WStr("Indeed") )   

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Reference

Documented in KeyPgWstringFunction.html