Strgen Function

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Function:	Generates a string of len length consisting of repeating substrings substr.
Syntax:	strgen(len as byte,byref substr as string) as string
See Also:	---

Part	Description
len	Length of the string to generate
substr	Substring that will be used (repeatedly) to generate the string

Details

Notice that len parameter specifies total resulting string length in bytes so the last substring will be truncated if necessary to achieve exact required length. This function is an expanded version of the STRING$ function commonly found in other BASICs.

Examples

string1 = strgen(10,"ABC") ' result will be 'ABCABCABCA'.