Strings.StrDup Method
Definition
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Returns a string or object consisting of the specified character repeated the specified number of times.
Overloads
| StrDup(Int32, Char) |
Returns a string or object consisting of the specified character repeated the specified number of times. |
| StrDup(Int32, Object) |
Returns a string or object consisting of the specified character repeated the specified number of times. |
| StrDup(Int32, String) |
Returns a string or object consisting of the specified character repeated the specified number of times. |
StrDup(Int32, Char)
- Source:
- Strings.vb
- Source:
- Strings.vb
- Source:
- Strings.vb
Returns a string or object consisting of the specified character repeated the specified number of times.
public:
static System::String ^ StrDup(int Number, char Character);public static string StrDup (int Number, char Character);static member StrDup : int * char -> stringPublic Function StrDup (Number As Integer, Character As Char) As StringParameters
- Number
- Int32
Required. Integer expression. The length to the string to be returned.
- Character
- Char
Required. Any valid Char, String, or Object expression. Only the first character of the expression will be used. If Character is of type Object, it must contain either a Char or a String value.
Returns
A string or object consisting of the specified character repeated the specified number of times.
Exceptions
Number is less than 0 or Character type is not valid.
Character is Nothing.
Examples
This example uses the StrDup function to return a string of duplicated characters.
Dim aString As String = "Wow! What a string!"
Dim aObject As New Object
Dim testString As String
aObject = "This is a String contained within an Object"
' Returns "PPPPP"
testString = StrDup(5, "P")
' Returns "WWWWWWWWWW"
testString = StrDup(10, aString)
' Returns "TTTTTT"
testString = CStr(StrDup(6, aObject))
Remarks
This function returns a String made up of repeated characters. The character that makes up the string is the first character in the Character argument, and it is duplicated Number number of times.
See also
Applies to
StrDup(Int32, Object)
- Source:
- Strings.vb
- Source:
- Strings.vb
- Source:
- Strings.vb
Returns a string or object consisting of the specified character repeated the specified number of times.
public:
static System::Object ^ StrDup(int Number, System::Object ^ Character);public static object StrDup (int Number, object Character);static member StrDup : int * obj -> objPublic Function StrDup (Number As Integer, Character As Object) As ObjectParameters
- Number
- Int32
Required. Integer expression. The length to the string to be returned.
- Character
- Object
Required. Any valid Char, String, or Object expression. Only the first character of the expression will be used. If Character is of type Object, it must contain either a Char or a String value.
Returns
A string or object consisting of the specified character repeated the specified number of times.
Exceptions
Number is less than 0 or Character type is not valid.
Character is Nothing.
Examples
This example uses the StrDup function to return a string of duplicated characters.
Dim aString As String = "Wow! What a string!"
Dim aObject As New Object
Dim testString As String
aObject = "This is a String contained within an Object"
' Returns "PPPPP"
testString = StrDup(5, "P")
' Returns "WWWWWWWWWW"
testString = StrDup(10, aString)
' Returns "TTTTTT"
testString = CStr(StrDup(6, aObject))
Remarks
This function returns a String made up of repeated characters. The character that makes up the string is the first character in the Character argument, and it is duplicated Number number of times.
See also
Applies to
StrDup(Int32, String)
- Source:
- Strings.vb
- Source:
- Strings.vb
- Source:
- Strings.vb
Returns a string or object consisting of the specified character repeated the specified number of times.
public:
static System::String ^ StrDup(int Number, System::String ^ Character);public static string StrDup (int Number, string Character);static member StrDup : int * string -> stringPublic Function StrDup (Number As Integer, Character As String) As StringParameters
- Number
- Int32
Required. Integer expression. The length to the string to be returned.
- Character
- String
Required. Any valid Char, String, or Object expression. Only the first character of the expression will be used. If Character is of type Object, it must contain either a Char or a String value.
Returns
A string or object consisting of the specified character repeated the specified number of times.
Exceptions
Number is less than 0 or Character type is not valid.
Character is Nothing.
Examples
This example uses the StrDup function to return a string of duplicated characters.
Dim aString As String = "Wow! What a string!"
Dim aObject As New Object
Dim testString As String
aObject = "This is a String contained within an Object"
' Returns "PPPPP"
testString = StrDup(5, "P")
' Returns "WWWWWWWWWW"
testString = StrDup(10, aString)
' Returns "TTTTTT"
testString = CStr(StrDup(6, aObject))
Remarks
This function returns a String made up of repeated characters. The character that makes up the string is the first character in the Character argument, and it is duplicated Number number of times.
