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repeat isn't an operator, it's a function in this context.
Describe what it does.
Index: examples/tutorial/21_string_ops_repeat.pir
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--- examples/tutorial/21_string_ops_repeat.pir (revision 20571)
+++ examples/tutorial/21_string_ops_repeat.pir (working copy)
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
=head1 String Operations (continued)
-PIR has a string repeat operation.
+PIR has a string repeat function, that concatenates a string
+with itself N times.
=cut
@@ -9,7 +10,7 @@
$S0 = "Hello "
$S1 = repeat $S0, 3
- say $S1
+ say $S1 #prints "Hello Hello Hello\n"
.end
