RE: [PHP] Print a char from a variable number
| From: | John Holmes | Date: | Tue, 25 Jun 2002 16:03:40 +0000 |
| Subject: | RE: [PHP] Print a char from a variable number | ||
| References: | 1 | Groups: | php.general |
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Why not use str_repeat()?
www.php.net/str_repeat
---John Holmes...
> -----Original Message-----
> From: guslist@kerntec.net [mailto:guslist@kerntec.net]
> Sent: Tuesday, June 25, 2002 11:45 AM
> To: php-general@lists.php.net
> Subject: [PHP] Print a char from a variable number
>
> Hello List,
>
> I want to do something that I think it is very simple but I can´t get
> working ! I´ve tryed fprint and works well but not with a random
number.
> printf("%'-6s", "");
> Here I print the '-' char 6 times.
>
> In some where of my code a get a result from a math calculation and I
want
> to print this result as chars. Example:
>
> 10 - 7 = 3
> I want to print the char '-' 3 times.
> 18 - 7 = 11
> I want to print the char '-' 11 times.
>
> Can anyone help me ?
>
> Thank´s in advance,
> Gus
>
>
>
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