Nice, Peter.
Inspired by that I wondered if we might use the lineDel to some
advantage here, and it turns out to be ever so slightly faster:
on mouseUp
put 10000 into n
-- test 1:
put the millisecs into t
repeat n
put MakeString("#", 100) into r1
end repeat
put the millisecs - t into t1
-- test 2:
put the millisecs into t
repeat n
put MakeString2("#", 100) into r2
end repeat
put the millisecs - t into t2
-- display results:
put t1 && t2 && (r1=r2)&cr& r1 &len(r1) &cr& r2 &len(r2)
end mouseUp
function makeString tChar, n
-- returns a string of n characters (tChar)
-- no repeat loop!
put cr into line n of m
replace cr with tChar in m
return m
end makeString
function makeString2 tChar, n
set the linedel to tChar
put tChar into line n of m
return m
end makeString2
On my slow Mac that produces:
75 70 true
####################################################################################################100
####################################################################################################100
And if the char you need is either space or null, binaryEncode can
produce a string of arbitrary length padded with either of those (and a
whole lot more - binaryEncode is quite a powerhouse of utility).
--
Richard Gaskin
Fourth World Systems
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