SqlFunctions.Replicate(String, Nullable<Int32>) Method

Reference

Definition

Namespace:: System.Data.Objects.SqlClient

Assembly:: System.Data.Entity.dll

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Repeats a string value a specified number of times.

public:
 static System::String ^ Replicate(System::String ^ target, Nullable<int> count);

[System.Data.Objects.DataClasses.EdmFunction("SqlServer", "REPLICATE")]
public static string Replicate (string target, int? count);

[<System.Data.Objects.DataClasses.EdmFunction("SqlServer", "REPLICATE")>]
static member Replicate : string * Nullable<int> -> string

Public Shared Function Replicate (target As String, count As Nullable(Of Integer)) As String

Parameters

target: String

A valid string.

count: Nullable<Int32>

The value that specifies how many time to repeat target.

Returns

String

The target string, repeated the number of times specified by count.

Attributes: EdmFunctionAttribute

Remarks

You cannot call this function directly. This function can only appear within a LINQ to Entities query.

This function is translated to a corresponding function in the database. For information about the corresponding SQL Server function, see REPLICATE (Transact-SQL).

Applies to