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@ -4,11 +4,11 @@ You know how `SPC()` can be used to PRINT a number of space characters. For exam
Why didn't they allow to print something else than space characters ? It would have been interesting (?) to have the ability to repeat a sequence of any character.
Maybe like `PRINT REPT("*",10)` would print 10 asterisks.
Maybe something like `PRINT REPT("*",10)` could have printed 10 asterisks.
But Applesoft does not provide such an instruction. So are we doomed to use `PRINT "**********"`?
Here's a technique that will allow you to repeat any character, even in `FLASH` and `INVERSE` without using additional 6502 routines.
Here's a technique that will allow you to repeat any character, even in `FLASH` and `INVERSE` without using additional 6502 routines. And it's very easy to implement !
## Discovery
Let's see something weird ...