Adobe ColdFusion 8

RepeatString

Description

Creates a string that contains a specified number of repetitions of the specified string.

Returns

A string.

Category

String functions

Function syntax

RepeatString(string, count)

See also

CJustify, LJustify, RJustify

Parameters

Parameter

Description

string

A string or a variable that contains one.

count

Number of repeats.

Example

<h3>RepeatString Example</h3>
<p>RepeatString returns a string created from <I>string</I>, repeated 
    a specified number of times.
<ul>
    <li>RepeatString("-", 10): <cfoutput>#RepeatString("-", 10)#</cfoutput>
    <li>RepeatString("&lt;BR&gt;", 3): <cfoutput>#RepeatString("<br>", 3)#
    </cfoutput>
    <li>RepeatString("", 5): <cfoutput>#RepeatString("", 5)#</cfoutput>
    <li>RepeatString("abc", 0): <cfoutput>#RepeatString("abc", 0)#</cfoutput>
    <li>RepeatString("Lorem Ipsum", 2): 
     <cfoutput>#RepeatString("Lorem Ipsum", 2)#</cfoutput>
</ul>