Name
StrDup Function
Class
Microsoft.VisualBasic.Strings
Syntax
StrDup(number,character
)
-
number
(required; Integer) The number of times to duplicate the first character in string
-
character
(required; 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 VB 6 String function.
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