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.TH lrepeat n 8.5 Tcl "Tcl Built-In Commands"
.so man.macros
.BS
'\" Note:  do not modify the .SH NAME line immediately below!
.SH NAME
lrepeat \- Build a list by repeating elements
.SH SYNOPSIS
\fBlrepeat \fIcount \fR?\fIelement ...\fR?
.BE
.SH DESCRIPTION
.PP
The \fBlrepeat\fR command creates a list of size \fIcount * number of
elements\fR by repeating \fIcount\fR times the sequence of elements
\fIelement ...\fR.  \fIcount\fR must be a non-negative integer,
\fIelement\fR can be any Tcl value.  Note that \fBlrepeat 1 element ...\fR
is identical to \fBlist element ...\fR.
.SH EXAMPLES
.CS
\fBlrepeat\fR 3 a
      \fI\(-> a a a\fR
\fBlrepeat\fR 3 [\fBlrepeat\fR 3 0]
      \fI\(-> {0 0 0} {0 0 0} {0 0 0}\fR
\fBlrepeat\fR 3 a b c
      \fI\(-> a b c a b c a b c\fR
\fBlrepeat\fR 3 [\fBlrepeat\fR 2 a] b c
      \fI\(-> {a a} b c {a a} b c {a a} b c\fR
.CE
.SH "SEE ALSO"
list(n), lappend(n), linsert(n), llength(n), lset(n)

.SH KEYWORDS
element, index, list