Replicate()

Return a string repeated a specified number of times.

Syntax

Replicate(<cString>, <nCount>) --> cRepeatedString

Arguments

<cString> --> is the character string to repeat.

<nCount> --> is the number of times to repeat <cString>.

Returns

Replicate() returns a character string up to a maximum of 65,535 (64K) characters in length. Specifying a zero as the <nCount> argument returns a null/empty string ("").

Description

Replicate() is a character function that creates a string of a specified length containing a specified character. Replicate() is similar to the Space() function which returns a specified number of space characters. Replicate() is more flexible as it allows you to specify any character.

Examples

Replicate('!', 3)

* Result = '!!!'

Replicate('John ', 2)

* Result = 'John John '

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