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REPLICATE()

Repeats a single character expression
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 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