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  1. <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
  2. <html><head><title>String Function [Runtime]</title><meta name="filename" content="text/sbasic/common/03120202"/><meta name="language" content="en-US"/><help:css-file-link xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/><!--The CSS style header method for setting styles--><style type="text/css">
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  4.         p.P1{
  5.                 }
  6.         p.P2{
  7.                 }
  8.         span.T1{
  9.                 font-weight:bold;}
  10.         </style></head><body>
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  13.   <help:to-be-embedded Eid="string" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">
  14.   <p class="Head1"><help:link Id="66413">String Function [Runtime]</help:link></p>
  15.   <p class="Paragraph">Creates a string according to the specified character, or the first character of a string expression passed in the function.</p>
  16.   </help:to-be-embedded>
  17.   <p class="Paragraph"><span class="T1">Syntax</span>:</p>
  18.   <p class="Paragraph">String (n As Integer, {expression As Integer | character As String}) <help:key-word value="String" tag="kw66413_1" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/></p>
  19.   <p class="Paragraph"><span class="T1">Return value</span>:</p>
  20.   <p class="Paragraph">String</p>
  21.   <p class="Paragraph"><span class="T1">Parameter</span>:</p>
  22.   <p class="Paragraph">n: Numeric expression indicating the number of characters to return in the string.</p>
  23.   <p class="Paragraph">Expression: Numeric expression that defines the ASCII code for the character.</p>
  24.   <p class="Paragraph">Character: Any single character used to build the return string, or any string of which only the first character will be used.</p>
  25.   <p class="P2">Example:</p>
  26.   <p class="PropText">Sub ExampleString</p>
  27.   <p class="PropText">Dim sText as String</p>
  28.   <p class="PropText"/>
  29.   <p class="PropText">sText = String(10,"A")</p>
  30.   <p class="PropText">Msgbox sText</p>
  31.   <p class="PropText"/>
  32.   <p class="PropText">sText = String(10,65)</p>
  33.   <p class="PropText">Msgbox sText</p>
  34.   <p class="PropText"/>
  35.   <p class="PropText">sText = String(10,"XYZ")</p>
  36.   <p class="PropText">Msgbox sText</p>
  37.   <p class="PropText"/>
  38.   <p class="PropText">End Sub</p>
  39.  </body></html>