RE: Print number of chars depending upon int value

> In a reporting application, I need to print number of
> chars e.g. '.'s depending upon some numeric variable.
> SO it would be a kind of array of chars.


Like many things, it's very easy in 2.0:

string-join(for $i in 1 to $N return ".", "")

Michael Kay
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