[manpage_begin textutil::repeat n 0.8]
[see_also regexp(n)]
[see_also split(n)]
[see_also string(n)]
[keywords blanks]
[keywords repetition]
[keywords string]
[moddesc   {Text and string utilities, macro processing}]
[titledesc {Procedures to repeat strings.}]
[category  {Text processing}]
[require Tcl "8.5 9"]
[require textutil::repeat [opt 0.8]]
[description]

The package [package textutil::repeat] provides commands to generate
long strings by repeating a shorter string many times.

[para]

The complete set of procedures is described below.

[list_begin definitions]

[call [cmd ::textutil::repeat::strRepeat] [arg text] [arg num]]

This command returns a string containing the [arg text] repeated
[arg num] times. The repetitions are joined without characters between
them. A value of [arg num] <= 0 causes the command to return an empty
string.

[para]

[emph Note]: If the Tcl core the package is loaded in provides the
command [cmd {string repeat}] then this command will be implemented in
its terms, for maximum possible speed. Otherwise a fast implementation
in Tcl will be used.

[call [cmd ::textutil::repeat::blank] [arg num]]

A convenience command. Returns a string of [arg num] spaces.

[list_end]

[vset CATEGORY textutil]
[include ../common-text/feedback.inc]
[manpage_end]
