* String variable composed of a repeat character @ 2021-05-08 7:53 pauline-galea 2021-05-08 14:20 ` Tassilo Horn 2021-05-08 14:30 ` [External] : " Drew Adams 0 siblings, 2 replies; 4+ messages in thread From: pauline-galea @ 2021-05-08 7:53 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Help Gnu Emacs How can a construct a string variable composed of repeating a character n times? ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 4+ messages in thread
* Re: String variable composed of a repeat character 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 2021-05-08 14:30 ` [External] : " Drew Adams 1 sibling, 1 reply; 4+ messages in thread From: Tassilo Horn @ 2021-05-08 14:20 UTC (permalink / raw) To: help-gnu-emacs pauline-galea@gmx.com writes: > 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): --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8--- (defun foo/repeat-string (n str) (with-temp-buffer (dotimes (_ n) (insert str)) (buffer-string))) --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8--- Bye, Tassilo ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 4+ messages in thread
* Re: String variable composed of a repeat character 2021-05-08 14:20 ` Tassilo Horn @ 2021-05-08 22:06 ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor 0 siblings, 0 replies; 4+ messages in thread From: Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor @ 2021-05-08 22:06 UTC (permalink / raw) To: help-gnu-emacs 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... -- underground experts united https://dataswamp.org/~incal ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 4+ messages in thread
* RE: [External] : String variable composed of a repeat character 2021-05-08 7:53 String variable composed of a repeat character pauline-galea 2021-05-08 14:20 ` Tassilo Horn @ 2021-05-08 14:30 ` Drew Adams 1 sibling, 0 replies; 4+ messages in thread From: Drew Adams @ 2021-05-08 14:30 UTC (permalink / raw) To: pauline-galea@gmx.com, Help Gnu Emacs > How can a construct a string variable composed > of repeating a character n times? ;; Set MY-VAR to a string of 314 x's. (setq my-var (make-string 314 ?x)) ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 4+ messages in thread
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