Is there an easy way to return a string repeated X number of times?

Question

I'm trying to insert a certain number of indentations before a string based on an items depth and I'm wondering if there is a way to return a string repeated X times. Example:

string indent = "---"; Console.WriteLine(indent.Repeat(0)); //would print nothing. Console.WriteLine(indent.Repeat(1)); //would print "---". Console.WriteLine(indent.Repeat(2)); //would print "------". Console.WriteLine(indent.Repeat(3)); //would print "---------". 

Answer 1

If you only intend to repeat the same character you can use the string constructor that accepts a char and the number of times to repeat it new String(char c, int count).

For example, to repeat a dash five times:

string result = new String('-', 5); Output: -----