Re: How can i print N repeated characters?

for (1..5) { print "-"; }
Which prints the ----- you are looking for.

If you want to print the number of the iteration you could use:
for my $x (0..9) { print $x; }
Which outputs 0123456789

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Re: Answer: How can i print N repeated characters? by ptum (Priest) on Mar 10, 2006 at 17:43 UTC
Or you could always do it this way: `my $n = 5; print "-" x $n;` [download]	[reply] [d/l]


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