[REBOL] Re: Using "repeat" in write/append/lines
From: tomc:darkwing:uoregon at: 4-May-2004 12:13
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
