String

Returns a String containing a repeating character string of the length specified.

Syntax: String$( number, character ), String( number, character )

number
required Long. Length of the returned string. If number contains Null, Null is returned.
character
required Variant. Character code specifying the character or string expression whose first character is used to build the return string. If character contains Null, Null is returned.

The $-suffixed form returns a String; the unsuffixed form returns a Variant (String).

If you specify a number for character greater than 255, String converts the number to a valid character code by using this formula: character Mod 256.

Example

This example uses the String function to return repeating character strings of the length specified.

Dim MyString
MyString = String(5, "*")       ' Returns "*****".
MyString = String(5, 42)        ' Returns "*****".
MyString = String(10, "ABC")    ' Returns "AAAAAAAAAA".

See Also

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