strrep

The strrep function repeats given string specified number of times. If first or third argument is not of a string type, it will be forcibly converted to string.

Syntax

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    strrep( Value, Multiplier, [ Delimiter ] )

Arguments

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• Value: Input expression.
• Multiplier: Positive integer value (from 1 to 1024).
• Delimiter: An optional string expression (default: empty string).

Results

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Value repeated for a specified number of times, concatenated with Delimiter.

If Multiplier is more than maximum allowed value (1024), input string will be repeated 1024 times.

Examples

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This example returns HelloHelloHello:

print str1="Hello" | extend newstr=strrep(str1,3)

This example returns Hello-Hello-Hello:

print str1="Hello" | extend newstr=strrep(str1,3,"-")

This example returns ABCABC:

print strrep('ABC', 2)

This example returns 123.123.123:

print strrep(123,3,'.')

This example returns 3 3:

print strrep(3s,2,' ')