STRING$
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Function
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**STRING$** returns a string of a given length composed of similar
characters.

Syntax
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A$ = STRING$(X,Y)

or

A$ = STRING$(X,Y$)

The first version will return the string A$ with X characters of ASCII
code Y. The second version returns with a string of the first character
of Y$.

Examples
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::

   100 PRINT"PAGE HEADING"
   110 PRINT STRING$(12,"-")

Will output:

::

   PAGE HEADING
   ------------

Remarks
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The following statements are equivalent:

::

   A$ = STRING$ (5,65)
   B$ = STRING$ (5,"A")

producing a string of five A ’s in A$ and B$ respectively.