# REPLICATE()

Repeats a single character expression

Syntax

  REPLICATE( <cString>, <nSize> ) --> cReplicateString

Arguments

  <cString> Character string to be replicated
  <nSize> Number of times to replicate <cString>

Returns

  <cReplicateString> A character expression containg the <cString> fill character.

Description

  This function returns a string composed of <nSize> repetitions of <cString>.The lenght of the character string returned by this function is limited to the memory avaliable.
  A value of 0 for <nSize> will return a NULL string.

Examples

          ? REPLICATE( 'a', 10 )      // aaaaaaaaaa
          ? REPLICATE( 'b', 100000 )
    Tests
          See Examples

Status

  Ready

Compliance

  This function is Ca-Clipper compliant in all aspects, with the exception don't have the Clipper 64Kb string length.

Platforms

  All

Files

  Library is rtl

See Also

- SPACE()
- PADC()
- PADL()
- PADR()