Name
StrDup Function
Class
Microsoft.VisualBasic.Strings
Syntax
StrDup(number,character
)
-
number
Use: Required
Data Type: Integer
The number of times to duplicate the first character in string
-
character
Use: Required
Data Type: String, Char, or Object containing a String or Char
The String or Char whose first character is to be duplicated
Return Value
A String containing the character duplicated the specified number of times
Description
Returns a string that consists of the first character of
character
duplicated
number
times
Example
The line:
MsgBox(StrDup(Number:=5, Character:="ABC"))
displays "AAAAA"
.
VB .NET/VB 6 Differences
The StrDup
function is new to VB .NET. It
appears in part to be a replacement for the
String
function.
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