WSTRING (Function)

• Source: https://www.freebasic.net/wiki/wikka.php?wakka=KeyPgWstringFunction
• Last revised: 2017-11-21

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Fills a wstring with a certain length of a certain wide character

Syntax

declare function Wstring ( byval count as integer, byval ch_code as long ) as wstring
declare function Wstring ( byval count as integer, byref ch as const wstring ) as wstring

Usage

result = Wstring( count, ch_code )

or

result = Wstring( count, ch )

Parameters

count

An integer specifying the length of the string to be created.

ch_code

A long specifying the Unicode char to be used to fill the string.

ch

A wstring whose first character is to be used to fill the string.

Return Value

The created wstring. An empty string will be returned if either ch is an empty string, or count <= 0.

Description

Wstring generates a temporary wstring filled with count copies of a Unicode character. This string can be printed or assigned to a previously Dimed wstring.

Examples

start GeSHi

Print WString( 4, 934 )        
Print WString( 5, WStr("Indeed") )  
End 0

end GeSHi

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Platform Differences

• Unicode strings are not supported in the DOS port of FreeBASIC.

Dialect Differences

• Not available in the -lang qb dialect unless referenced with the alias __Wstring.

Differences from QB

• QBasic does not support Unicode

See also

• String (data type)
• Wspace
• Wstring (data type)

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