Vital.sandbox - string.rep

local result = string.rep(input, count, separator = "")

Type	Name	Description
`string`	input	String to be repeated
`int`	count	Number of times to repeat the string
`string`	separator	Separator to insert between repetitions

Type	Name	Description
`string`	result	String formed by repeating the input string specified number of times

--Repeat string multiple times
local result = string.rep("ab", 3)
engine.print(result) --ababab

--Repeat single character
local line = string.rep("-", 40)
engine.print(line) ----------------------------------------

--Repeat with separator
local result = string.rep("hi", 3, "-")
engine.print(result) --hi-hi-hi

--Create padding
local padding = string.rep(" ", 10)
engine.print("["..padding.."]") --[          ]

--Zero repetitions
local result = string.rep("test", 0)
engine.print(result) --

--One repetition
local result = string.rep("test", 1)
engine.print(result) --test

--Method syntax
local result = string.rep("*", 5)
engine.print(result) --*****

--Create separator line
local separator = string.rep("=", 50)
engine.print(separator)

--Build pattern strings
local dots = string.rep(".", 3)
engine.print(dots) --...

--Create visual bars
local bar = string.rep("█", 10)
engine.print(bar) --██████████

--Repeat with space separator
local result = string.rep("word", 4, " ")
engine.print(result) --word word word word

--Create indentation
local indent = string.rep("  ", 3)
engine.print(indent.."code") --      code

--Build ASCII art
local pattern = string.rep("* ", 5)
engine.print(pattern) --* * * * *

--Create table row
local cells = string.rep("| Cell ", 4)
engine.print(cells.."|") --| Cell | Cell | Cell | Cell |

--Generate test data
local data = string.rep("A", 100)
engine.print(#data) --100

--Multiple character pattern
local pattern = string.rep("abc", 3)
engine.print(pattern) --abcabcabc

--With comma separator
local csv = string.rep("field", 5, ",")
engine.print(csv) --field,field,field,field,field

string.rep