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How do I build a variable from a character repeated N number of times, in Lua?

I have an input value of N.

I want to turn that into a variable consisting of N characters.

for example, if N = 12, and I'm repeating the character "H", the value of the created variable should look like this: "HHHHHHHHHHHH"

I need it to be a variable, because I intend to use it in a few other places.

I am completely new to Lua, by the way. I just started a few days ago.

Solution

  • You are looking for string.rep.

    For example:

    local result = string.rep("H", 12)
print(result) -- prints "HHHHHHHHHHHH"