Multiply text in a textbox.

[Danny2008]

I was wondering if anyone knew how to multiply text in a textbox according to a specified amount in a textbox, if that doesn't make sense then...

I type in Textbox1: aaa
Then I type in The amount textbox: 10
Then a third textbox would = aaa aaa aaa aaa aaa aaa aaa aaa aaa aaa

Hope it makes sense.

Thanks.

(I tried to google it but I could only find things to multiply numbers)

[creative1]

It's pretty easy to do that:
Suppose first text is in text1.Text and second in text2.Text then

- store text2.Text in an Integer variable : suppose n
- define a string (that will hold string after multiplying text1.Text) : suppose NewStr. Intially store NewStr = ""
- use a loop (maybe for loop) e.g.
[CODE=vb]For i = 0 To n-1
NewStr = NewStr & text1.text
Next i[/CODE]

Finally you will have multiplied value stored in NewStr.
I hope it will help you understand a little bit.

P.S: theScripts Guys mention if I am wrong somewhere

Kind regards

[Danny2008]

Thanks!

This worked great and I have learnt something new.

[creative1]

thats good. Keep on doing good work.

[Killer42]

Nice one, creative1.

The only thing I think everyone is doing wrong here (and what caused the problems in trying to search for a solution) is using the term "multiply" when what you actually want is to "repeat" or make "copies" of a chunk of text. Searching on "multiply" is naturally going to return mostly mathematical type responses.