BASIC FUNCTIONS
SECT;ION 5.20
STRING$
5.20.12 Function STRING$ returns a string of a given length composed of
similiar 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$.
Examples 100 PRINT
11
PAGE HEADING"
110 PRINT STRING$(12,
11
-")
Remarks
Will output:
PAGE HEADING
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.
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