String Repetition in C# with the new string() Constructor

Introduction

Often developers are required to repeat certain characters especially while dealing with string formatting and formulating text outputs.

The C# programming language is a straightforward approach to repeating a certain character a specified number of times.

The feature is particularly useful while working with

• Indentation
• Format Documents
• Code Block Styling

Getting Started

The new string() constructor allows you to create a new string by specifying the character a certain number of times.

Basic Syntax

string repeatedString = new string(char character, int repeatTimes);

where,

• character is the character that needs to be repeated.
• repeatTimes is the number of time the above character need to be repeated.

Example

Consider an example where the user needs to add a certain tab space between two string texts.

int n = 3; // The number of tabs

string tabs = new string('\t', n);

Console.WriteLine($"Start of text: {tabs} Indented text");

Console Output

Start of text: Indented text

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