Multiplicate a word..?

Pheddy · #1 June 13th, 2009, 02:33 AM

Hi everyone!

I have created a script that finds the lenght difference between to text fields. Now I want to and the difference to the shortest text field. But Im in a little trouble multiplicate a space rather than numbers.. So my question is how do I duplicate a word multiple times?

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$VarT * (" ")

Thanks for all the support!
Frederik

Markus · #2 June 13th, 2009, 02:58 AM

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Originally Posted by Pheddy

Hi everyone!

I have created a script that finds the lenght difference between to text fields. Now I want to and the difference to the shortest text field. But Im in a little trouble multiplicate a space rather than numbers.. So my question is how do I duplicate a word multiple times?

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$VarT * (" ")

Thanks for all the support!
Frederik

Maybe the str_pad() function can help you.

n8kindt · #3 June 13th, 2009, 08:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pheddy

Hi everyone!

I have created a script that finds the lenght difference between to text fields. Now I want to and the difference to the shortest text field. But Im in a little trouble multiplicate a space rather than numbers.. So my question is how do I duplicate a word multiple times?

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$VarT * (" ")

Thanks for all the support!
Frederik

i think this is what u're looking for

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for($i=0;$i<$VarT;$i++){

 echo '&nbsp';

}

Markus · #4 June 13th, 2009, 09:19 PM

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Originally Posted by n8kindt

i think this is what u're looking for

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for($i=0;$i<$VarT;$i++){

 echo '&nbsp';

}

str_pad() does it for you.

n8kindt · #5 June 13th, 2009, 09:23 PM

actually after looking at the str_pad function closer i think it would also work but i found an even more straightforward function: str_repeat

Markus · #6 June 13th, 2009, 09:31 PM

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Originally Posted by n8kindt

actually after looking at the str_pad function closer i think it would also work but i found an even more straightforward function: str_repeat

I'd still go with str_pad(). It's use was intended for this scenario. Afterall, we are 'padding' a string. No biggie.

Adding to why I think str_pad() would be better: str_repeat() is for repeating a string x amount of times. str_pad() is for adding a string to another string x amount of times.

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