Background

A few weeks ago, I was in a jam.

I wanted to draw a line on my console to separate out two sections of output.

It seems terrible inefficient to use Write-Output(“—————————————-“).

I preferred something like Write-Output(repeatChars(‘-‘, 80)).

Code

Here is stolen code that I have to come back and properly attribute ( give credit ).

function repeatChars([char] $ch, [int] $length)
{
	
	[string] $data = "";
	
	<#
		Initiate new Object
		
			Object Type:- String
			
			Argument List:- 
			
				a) Char ( $ch )
				
				b) Number of characters ( $length)
				
	#>
	$data = New-Object -TypeName String -Argument List $ch, $length;	

	return ( $data );
	
}

Basis

Microsoft

.Net

Learn > .NET > API browser > System > String > String Constructors

Link

Overloaded constructor syntax

Repeat Char (c), N Times

String(Char c, Int32 count)

Initializes the new instance to the value indicated by a specified Unicode character repeated a specified number of times.

References

1. Microsoft
   • .Net
     • Learn > .NET > API browser > System > String
       • String Constructors
         Link