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String Function

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Returns a Variant (String) containing a repeating character string of the length specified.

Syntax

String(number, character)

The String function syntax has these named arguments:

Part Description
number Required; Long. Length of the returned string. If number contains Null, Null is returned.
character Required;Variant.Character code specifying the character or string expression whose first character is used to build the return string. If character contains Null, Null is returned.

Remarks

If you specify a number for character greater than 255, String converts the number to a valid character code using the formula:

characterMod 256