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lrepeat(n)                                  Tcl Built-In Commands                                 lrepeat(n)



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NAME
       lrepeat - Build a list by repeating elements

SYNOPSIS
       lrepeat number element1 ?element2 element3 ...?
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DESCRIPTION
       The  lrepeat command creates a list of size number * number of elements by repeating number times the
       sequence of elements element1 element2 ....  number must be a positive integer, elementn can  be  any
       Tcl  value.   Note  that  lrepeat 1 arg ...  is identical to list arg ..., though the arg is required
       with lrepeat.

EXAMPLES
              lrepeat 3 a
                    -> a a a
              lrepeat 3 [lrepeat 3 0]
                    -> {_ _ _} {_ _ _} {_ _ _}
              lrepeat 3 a b c
                    -> a b c a b c a b c
              lrepeat 3 [lrepeat 2 a] b c
                    -> {a a} b c {a a} b c {a a} b c

SEE ALSO
       list(n), lappend(n), linsert(n), llength(n), lset(n)


KEYWORDS
       element, index, list



Tcl                                                  8.5                                          lrepeat(n)

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