STRING$ function

Purpose:

STRING$ returns a string containing Count% occurrences of an Windows Code Page code point.

Syntax:

RetStr = STRING$(Count AS INTEGER, CodePoint AS INTEGER)

Return Value:

  • Data type: STRING
    RetStr A string containing Count occurrences of the character corresponding to the Windows Code Page code point in CodePoint.

Parameters:

  • Data type: STRING
    Count number of characters to write to RetStr.
  • Data type: STRING
    CodePoint Windows Code Page code point of character to be written to RetStr. The BCX function ASC can be used as the argument for this parameter, as in Example 1 below.

Example 1:

DIM str1$

str1$ = STRING$(10, ASC("z"))

PRINT str1$

Result:

zzzzzzzzzz

Remarks:

See also the REPEAT$ function.

BCX Console Sample Programs using the STRING$ function.