BASIC STRING Function

STRING$

TYPE: plusBASIC string function

FORMAT: STRING$ ( length )

Action: Returns a string of composed of length spaces (ASCII code 32).

• _length _ is an expression that evaluates to an integer.
• Illegal Quantity Error results if length is not in the range 0 through 255.

Example:

PRINT "<";STRING$(20);">"

Prints < >

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FORMAT: STRING$ ( length , byte ) Action: As above, but the string is composed of the characters with ASCII code byte.

• _byte _ is an expression that evaluates to an integer.
• Illegal Quantity Error results if byte is not in the range 0 through 255.

Example:

PRINT STRING$(5,64)

Prints @@@@@

PRINT STRING$(3,'Z')

Prints ZZZ

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FORMAT: STRING$ ( length , string )

Action: As above, but the string is composed of the first character of string.

• Illegal Quantity Error results if string is empty.

Example:

  10 X$=STRING$(10,"-")
  20 PRINT X$;"MONTHLY REPORT";X$

Prints ----------MONTHLY REPORT----------