STRING$ Function
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 Action

 Returns a string whose characters all have a given ASCII code or whose
 characters are all the first character of a string expression.


 Syntax 1

  STRING$( m%,  n%)

 Syntax 2

  STRING$( m%,  stringexpression$)


 Remarks


 The  STRING$ function uses the following arguments.

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 Argument                                Description
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  m%                                     A numeric expression indicating
                                         the length of the string to return.

  n%                                     The ASCII code of the character to
 Argument                                Description
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  n%                                     The ASCII code of the character to
                                         use to build the string. It is a
                                         numeric expression that BASIC
                                         converts to an integer value
                                         between 0 and 255, inclusive.

  stringexpression$                      The string expression whose first
                                         character is used to build the
                                         return string.






 Examples

 The first example uses  STRING$ to create part of a report heading.

 Dash$ = STRING$(10,45)


 PRINT Dash$;"MONTHLY REPORT";Dash$




 Output



 ----------MONTHLY REPORT----------




 This example uses  STRING$ to generate a bar graph.


 PRINT TAB(7);"Daily Mean Temperature in Seattle" . PRINT


 ' Read and graph data for each month.


 FOR Month = 1 TO 12 STEP 2


     READ Month$, Temp


     ' Print Temp-35 stars.


     PRINT Month$;" +"; STRING$(Temp-35,"*")


     PRINT "    |"


 NEXT Month


 ' Print horizontal line.


 PRINT "    +";


 FOR X = 1 TO 7


     PRINT "----+";


 NEXT X


 PRINT


 ' Print temperature labels.


 FOR X = 4 TO 39 STEP 5


     PRINT TAB(X); X+31;


 NEXT X


 PRINT





 DATA Jan, 40, Mar, 46, May, 56


 DATA Jul, 66, Sep, 61, Nov, 46




 Output



 Daily Mean Temperature in Seattle


 Jan +*****
     |
 Mar +***********
     |
 May +*********************
     |
 Jul +*******************************
     |
 Sep +**************************
     |
 Nov +***********
     |
     +----+----+----+----+----+----+----+
     35   40   45   50   55   60   65   70