9.228. REPEAT

9.228 REPEAT — Repeated string concatenation

Description:

Concatenates NCOPIES copies of a string.

Standard:

Fortran 95 and later

Class:

Transformational function

Syntax:

RESULT = REPEAT(STRING, NCOPIES)

Arguments:
STRING Shall be scalar and of type CHARACTER.
NCOPIES Shall be scalar and of type INTEGER.
Return value:

A new scalar of type CHARACTER built up from NCOPIES copies of STRING.

Example: