Inserting n instances (multiple) of the same character

Inserting n instances (multiple) of the same character

[Nordlöw]

Is there a specific way to insert n number of characters, in my case
space?

Thanks in advance,
Per Nordlöw

Re: Inserting n instances (multiple) of the same character

[Joost Kremers]

Nordlöw wrote:
> Is there a specific way to insert n number of characters, in my case
> space?

(insert (make-string 5 ?\s))

see:

(info "(elisp) Creating Strings")

HTH


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Re: Inserting n instances (multiple) of the same character

[Teemu Likonen]

On 2009-09-17 05:57 (-0700), Nordlöw wrote:

> Is there a specific way to insert n number of characters, in my case
> space?

Yes, use a numeric prefix argument: C-u <n> <character>
So, if n is 10 and character is "a" you could type:

    C-u 10 a
    M-1 0 a

Re: Inserting n instances (multiple) of the same character

[Benjamin Andresen]

Nordlöw <per.nordlow@gmail.com> writes:

> Is there a specific way to insert n number of characters, in my case
> space?

C-u 10 SPC
or
M-1 M-0 SPC

are ways to do that.

> Thanks in advance,
> Per Nordlöw

br,
benny

P.S. For those kind of questions. (Short and succinct) it's a good idea
to ask them in #emacs on irc.freenode.org, you'll mostly get help
instantaneous.

Re: Inserting n instances (multiple) of the same character

[Nordlöw]

On Sep 17, 3:04 pm, Joost Kremers <joostkrem...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Nordlöw wrote:
> > Is there a specific way to insert n number of characters, in my case
> > space?
>
> (insert (make-string 5 ?\s))
>
> see:
>
> (info "(elisp) Creating Strings")
>
> HTH
>
> --
> Joost Kremers                                      joostkrem...@yahoo.com
> Selbst in die Unterwelt dringt durch Spalten Licht
> EN:SiS(9)

Great!

Thanks,
Per Nordlöw

Re: Inserting n instances (multiple) of the same character

[David Combs]

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In article <871vm590w9.fsf@in-ulm.de>,
Benjamin Andresen  <benny@in-ulm.de> wrote:
>Nordlöw <per.nordlow@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> Is there a specific way to insert n number of characters, in my case
>> space?
>
>C-u 10 SPC
>or
>M-1 M-0 SPC     <<<<============== NEW TO ME!   (but yes it sure works!)
>
>are ways to do that.

David