Add X number of Chr to a string

[MyEarth 9]

Stupid question, i'm using:

$hCenter = "                                                  "
$hName = "LOL"
MsgBox(0,0,$hCenter & $hName)

There is a better way to add x number of character to a string? have a nice day

[guinness 1,459]

What's wrong with that? That is how you combine strings together.

[MyEarth 9]

I don't like the " ", so i'd like something like space * 15 & $var, if is possible

[water 1,847]

How about:

_StringRepeat Repeats a string a specified number of times.

[guinness 1,459]

#include <Constants.au3>
#include <String.au3>

Example()

Func Example()
    Local Const $sMessage = 'Some message that is assigned to a variable which won''t be changed i.e. constant.'
    Local Const $sBlankSpace = _StringRepeat(' ', 15)
    MsgBox($MB_SYSTEMMODAL, '', $sBlankSpace & $sMessage)
EndFunc

[Melba23 2,733]

Hi all,

I was shown this way to fill a repeated string by yetrael yesterday:

; The loop is just to get some different values to show
For $i = 1 To 10
    $sFormat = StringReplace(StringFormat("%0" & $i & "d", "0"), "0", "#", 0, 2)
    ConsoleWrite($sFormat & @CRLF)
Next

In my tests it is significantly faster than _StringRepeat.

M23

Edit: See below - apparently this will not be the case in future releases.

Edited February 1, 2013 by Melba23

[MyEarth 9]

StringRepeat is a good solution, i like this way:

$test = ADDNumberofChr(" ", 25) & "LOL"
ConsoleWrite($test)

Func ADDNumberofChr($str, $num)
$var = ""
For $i = 0 to $num
     $var = $var & $str
Next
Return $var
EndFunc

Don't know if it is faster or slower than your's solution

EDIT: I like the yetrael solution too

Edited February 1, 2013 by MyEarth

[guinness 1,459]

In my tests it is significantly faster than _StringRepeat.

StringFormat? I updated _StringRepeat to this #2172 in the beta version. It's a lot faster than the old version.

[BrewManNH 1,101]

Hi all,

I was shown this way to fill a repeated string by yetrael yesterday:

; The loop is just to get some different values to show
For $i = 1 To 10
$sFormat = StringReplace(StringFormat("%0" & $i & "d", "0"), "0", "#", 0, 2)
ConsoleWrite($sFormat & @CRLF)
Next

In my tests it is significantly faster than _StringRepeat.

M23

The beta version of _StringRepeat is significantly faster than either this one or the original version.

[guinness 1,459]

Don't know if it is faster or slower than your's solution

Slower if you're not using the beta version from the Trac Ticket.