STRING$

Function

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

Syntax

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

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

Will output:

PAGE HEADING
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Remarks

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.