<<repeat i 10 [write/append/lines %output.txt "*"]
should do it>> Tom, what that did was print a single * on consecutive lines like this: * * * * * * * * * * Instead of having them on a single line like this ********** Stuart > ------------Original Message------------ > From: Tom Conlin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Date: Tue, May-4-2004 3:30 PM > Subject: [REBOL] Re: Using "repeat" in write/append/lines > > > On Tue, 4 May 2004, ML wrote: > > > > > I am adding lines to a text file and it is one of those things that I want to > > print out as many asterisks as is listed in a variable to make a simple graph. So > > here is the effect I am after: > > > > 2pm : **** > > 3pm : ** > > 4pm : ********* > > > > The thing is how do I "print" those asterisks when I am outputting to file. I > > don't know what to put in the repeat function. > > > > When trying out this on the console, I would try a command like: > > > > write/append/lines %output.txt repeat i 10 ["*"] > > > repeat i 10 [write/append/lines %output.txt "*"] > > > should do it > > > > > > But instead of ********** in the appended line I would get a single * > > > > Can anyone help? > > > > Stuart > > > > -- > > To unsubscribe from this list, just send an email to > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe as the subject. > > > -- > To unsubscribe from this list, just send an email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe as the subject. > > > > -- To unsubscribe from this list, just send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe as the subject.
