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STRING$
Chapter 2 Program Instructions
Field of Application Function repeatedly returning the character of a specified ASCII value,
or the first character in a specified string.
Syntax STRING$(, )
1 2
1 is the number of times the specified character should be
repeated.
2
is the ASCII decimal code of the character to be repeated.
is a string expression, from which the first character will be
repeated.
Remarks The character to be repeated is specified either by its ASCII decimal code
according to the selected character set (see NASC), or as the first character
in a specified string expression.
Example In this example, both ways of using STRING$ are illustrated. The character
“*” is ASCII 42 decimal:
10 A$="*INTERMEC*"
20 LEADING$ = STRING$(10,42)
30 TRAILING$ = STRING$(10,A$)
40 PRINT LEADING$; A$; TRAILING$
RUN
yields:
***********INTERMEC***********
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