Hi, you can use insert/dup:
n-tab: func [n [integer!]] [head insert/dup copy "" tab n]
Ladislav
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> Anton,
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> Forgot one word - copy :)
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> n-tab: func [ n (integer!) ] [ loop n [ append copy "" tab ] ]
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> john
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> Hi Anton,
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> You could always try
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> n-tab: func [ n (integer!) ] [ loop n [ append "" tab ] ]
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> print rejoin ["my name is: " name n-tab 3 "my hobby is: " hobby
n-tab 2]
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> (I am pretty sure there is a neater way to do this other than
append, but
> it works)
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> cheers, john
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> Hi !
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> I can't think of a way to do this:
> I wanted to write something like this:
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> print rejoin ["my name is: " name 3 * (tab) "my hobby is: "
hobby 2 *
> (tab)]
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> where each n * (tab) is supposed to give back something like
> tab tab tab .... for n=3 etc.
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> Of course, it doesn't work, but is there a nice way to write
this?
> It's like some sort of "macro multiplier"
> How would you guys do it?
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> I don't really want to write:
> loop 3 [print tab]
> in the middle, breaking apart the string...
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> -Anton.
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