From: Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor <help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: String variable composed of a repeat character
Date: Sun, 09 May 2021 00:06:27 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87v97sx4m4.fsf@zoho.eu> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 87y2cps3oy.fsf@gnu.org
Tassilo Horn wrote:
>> How can a construct a string variable composed of repeating
>> a character n times?
>
> One way to do it (which works for both repeating a character
> or a string):
>
> (defun foo/repeat-string (n str)
> (with-temp-buffer
> (dotimes (_ n)
> (insert str))
> (buffer-string)))
Pretty, but there is an easier way and you know it :)
(make-string 3 ?w) ; www
But what don't you do to get char/string transparency...
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-05-08 22:06 UTC|newest]
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2021-05-08 7:53 String variable composed of a repeat character pauline-galea
2021-05-08 14:20 ` Tassilo Horn
2021-05-08 22:06 ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor [this message]
2021-05-08 14:30 ` [External] : " Drew Adams
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