String String Function

[rn5a]

All the String functions like 'Len', 'Left', 'Right', 'Mid' etc. that
are available in ASP are supported by ASP.NET as well except for the
string function 'String'.

The 'String' function takes this form:

String(number, character)

which returns a string consisting of *character* which is repeated
*number* times. For e.g.

String(3, "$")

would return

$$$

or

String(5, "A")

would return

AAAAA

But when I try to use this function in ASP.NET, the following error
gets generated

'String' is a class type and cannot be used as an expression.

It's pretty obvious what makes ASP.NET generate the above error but
how do I make use of this 'String' function in ASP.NET? Is there any
equivalent string function in ASP.NET?

Actually my main intention is to replace the first 10 characters of a
text with dots irrespective of the no. of characters in the text (or
the 'Len' of the text) which is why I needed to use the 'String'
function. Had ASP.NET supported the 'String' function, then the
following would have served my purpose:

strText = "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog."
strText = String(10, ".") & Mid(strText, 11, Len(strText))

I can't use the 'Replace' function since the first 10 characters (or,
for that matter, the entire text) can be a combination any characters
(even non-alphanumeric).

 

[Aidy]

string str = new string(' ', 10);

 

[rn5a]

string str = new string(' ', 10);

















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Thanks a lot, Aidy