STRS
Synopsis
STRS(dynarray,repeats)
Arguments
| dynarray | An expression that resolves to a dynamic array. |
| repeats | An expression that resolves to a positive integer specifying the number of repetitions of the current value of each element. |
Description
The STRS function replicates each element of a dynamic array the number of times specified by repeats. In the returned dynamic array the value of each element of dynarray is replicated and concatenated the same number of times. The number of replications is specified by the repeats argument.
The repeats argument specifies the number of repeats as a positive integer. If repeats is a decimal number, it is truncated to an integer. The repeats string is parsed as an integer until a non-numeric character is encountered. Thus “7dwarves” is parsed as 7. If repeats is 0, a negative number, or a non-numeric string, STRS returns a null string for all elements.
You can use the STR function to perform the same operation on a single value.
Examples
The following example uses the STRS function to triplicate the value of each element of a dynamic array. Note that the third element is a null string:
test="A":@VM:"B":@VM:"":@VM:"D":@VM:"E"
PRINT STRS("test",3)
It returns: AAAýBBBýýDDDýEEE
