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62 lines
1.6 KiB
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The STRING$ function returns a STRING consisting of a single character repeated a number of times.
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## Syntax
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> result$ = STRING$(*count&*, {*character$* | *ASCIIcode%*} )
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## Description
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* count& is the number of times the character specified by character is repeated.
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* Character is a literal string character, a string variable or an [ASCII](ASCII) code number.
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* If count& is negative, an [ERROR Codes](ERROR-Codes) error will occur. The count can be zero.
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* If character is a [STRING](STRING) value and its length is zero, an [ERROR Codes](ERROR-Codes) error will occur.
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* If more than one string character value is used, the first character will be repeated.
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* A [STRING](STRING) statement can be added to a string value with the + [concatenation](concatenation) operator.
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* The function result can also be used to [GET](GET) and [PUT](PUT) a number of bytes as zero characters: bytes$ = STRING(numbytes, 0)
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*Differences between QB64 and QB 4.5:*
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* **QB64** can use [LONG](LONG) values for a count up to 2,147,483,647 while **QB 4.5** could only use [INTEGER](INTEGER) values up to 32,767.
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## Example(s)
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> Printing 40 asterisks across the screen using an ASCII character code instead of [CHR$](CHR$)(42).
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```vb
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PRINT STRING$(40, 42)
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```
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```text
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****************************************
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```
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> Using a [STRING](STRING) to specify the repeated character.
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```vb
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text$ = "B" + STRING$(40, "A") + "D"
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PRINT text$
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```
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```text
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BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAD
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```
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## See Example(s)
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* [SAVEIMAGE](SAVEIMAGE)
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* [SaveIcon32](SaveIcon32)
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## See Also
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* [SPACE$](SPACE$)
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* [ASC](ASC), [CHR$](CHR$)
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* [ASCII](ASCII)
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