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8.206 REPEAT — Repeated string concatenation

Description:
Concatenates NCOPIES copies of a string.
Standard:
Fortran 95 and later
Class:
Transformational function
Syntax:
RESULT = REPEAT(STRING, NCOPIES)
Arguments:

STRING Shall be scalar and of type CHARACTER.
NCOPIES Shall be scalar and of type INTEGER.

Return value:
A new scalar of type CHARACTER built up from NCOPIES copies of STRING.
Example:
          program test_repeat
            write(*,*) repeat("x", 5)   ! "xxxxx"
          end program