GWBASIC User's Manual

GW-BASIC User's Guide
STRING$ Function
Purpose:
To return
Syntax:
● a string of length n whose characters all have ASCII code j, or
● the first character of x$
STRING$(n,j)
STRING$(n,x$)
Comments:
STRING$ is also useful for printing top and bottom borders on the screen or the printer.
n and j are integer expressions in the range 0 to 255.
Examples:
10 X$ = STRING$(10, 45)
20 PRINT X$ "MONTHLY REPORT" X$
RUN
----------MONTHLY REPORT----------
45 is the decimal equivalent of the ASCII symbol for the minus (-) sign.
Appendix C in the GW-BASIC User's Guide lists ASCII character codes.
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