FILL$(expr,length)
The FILL$ function returns a string expression made by repeating the source expression until it reaches the specified overall length (in bytes).
For example:
PRINT FILL$("ab-",10) ! displays "ab-ab-ab-a"
Note that the source expression may contain nulls, which generally only makes sense if assigning the output of the function to an unformatted variable. For example, the statement REC = FILL$(chr(0),sizeof(REC)) would fill the REC variable or structure with nulls.
FILL$ requires COMPIL switch /X:1 or higher.
History
2024 May, A-Shell 7.0.1757: Optimize the FILL$() function, achieve a 10x improvement when used with single-character patterns (not that anyone will notice!)
