On Friday, 16 August 2024 at 06:15:18 UTC, Bruce wrote:
Is there an easy way to create a 60 character string in D?
Like in Python...
ul = '-'*60
2 ways:
```d
// use a fixed array:
immutable char[60] a = '-';
string s = a.dup; // copy to heap, assuming you need the data to
escape (use a[] otherwise)
s.writeln();
// allocate mutable array on heap
char[] b = new char[60];
b[] = '-';
// if b is unique and no longer used
s = cast(string)b; // not @safe
s.writeln();
```
`a` is initialized from a single element which is copied over
each of its elements.
`b` uses an array operation to assign a single element to each of
its elements.
I think the 2nd way may be more efficient, but it requires an
unsafe cast.
