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$$REPEAT^XLFSTR(): Repeat String

Reference Type: Supported, Category: String Functions, Integration Agreement: 10104

Description

This extrinsic function returns a string that repeats the value of x for y number of times.

Format

  $$REPEAT^XLFSTR(x[,y])

Input Parameters

x:

(required) Character string to be repeated.
y:

(optional) Number of times to repeat the string in x.

Output

returns:

Returns the repeated string.

Example 1

>S X=$$REPEAT^XLFSTR("-",10)

>W X
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Example 2

>S X=$$REPEAT^XLFSTR("blue water ",5)

>W X
blue water blue water blue water blue water blue water

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