REPEAT

REPEAT

Repeats a character expression

Category: Character

Syntax
Arguments
Details
Examples

Syntax

REPEAT(argument,n)

Arguments

argument

specifies any SAS character expression.

n

specifies the number of times to repeat argument.

Restriction:

n must be greater than or equal to 0.

Details

The REPEAT function returns a character value consisting of the first argument repeated n times. Thus, the first argument appears n+1 times in the result.

Examples

SAS Statements Results

x=repeat('ONE',2); put x;

ONEONEONE

SAS Statements	Results
x=repeat('ONE',2); put x;	ONEONEONE

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