Get Repeated Character String Method

The Get Repeated Character String method creates a string that consists of a repeated character. It returns this string.

Format A

String[$](number, character)

String[$] (number, stringExpression)

For information about the dollar sign, see Usage of the Dollar Sign.

Arguments

The following table describes the arguments that you can use with this method.

Argument	Description
number	The length of the string that this method returns. This number must reside in the range of 0 through 32,767.
character	An integer or integer expression that contains the ANSI code of the character that this method uses. This argument must evaluate to an integer in the range of 0 through 255.
stringExpression	A string argument. This method uses the first character of this argument as the repeated character.

Example

The following example places asterisks (*) in front of a string that it prints as a payment amount:

Sub Button_Click
   Dim str1 as String
   Dim size as Integer
i: str1 = 666655.23
   If Instr(str1,".") = 0 then
      str1 = str1 + ".00"
   End If
   If Len(str1)>10 then
      Goto i
   End If
   size = 10-Len(str1)
'Print amount in a space on a check allotted for 10 characters
   str1 = String(size,Asc("*")) & str1
End Sub