Re: character repeat
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- Subject: [mg108355] Re: [mg108326] character repeat
- From: Leonid Shifrin <lshifr at gmail.com>
- Date: Mon, 15 Mar 2010 00:05:01 -0500 (EST)
- References: <201003141012.FAA29622@smc.vnet.net>
Hi Chris,
In some languages "S" * n returns a string of n "S"s...
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> is there a built in to do this in Mathematica - I can't find it in the
> docs..
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To my knowledge, there isn't. But it is trivial to implement:
Clear[stringRepeat];
stringRepeat[s_String, n_Integer?Positive] :=
StringJoin @@ Table[s, {n}]
In[1]:=
stringRepeat["S", 10]
Out[1]= "SSSSSSSSSS"
Regards,
Leonid
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> Again, thanks
>
> Chris
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>
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- character repeat
- From: davo <the.wright.email@gmail.com>
- character repeat