string.filledString

Syntax string.filledString (string, count)
Params string is the string of one or more characters you wish to repeat count times in creating a new string.

count is the desired number of times you want to repeat string to create a new string.
Action Creates a string filled with count copies of string.
Returns The resulting string.
Examples string.filledString ('.', 20)

   » "...................."

string.filledString ("What, me worry? ", 4)

   » "What, me worry? What, me worry? What, me worry? What, me worry? "

amount = "33.33";
amtLength = sizeof (amount);
fillChars = 10 - amtLength;
s = string.filledstring ('*', fillChars) + '$' + amount;
msg (s)

   » "*****$33.33"

The script above produces a formatted string which might be useful in check-writing.

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