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**ALL(**//string// [,//length//]**)**

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| **ALL** | Returns repeated characters. |
| //string// | A string expression containing the character sequence to be repeated. |
| //length// | The length of the return string. If omitted the //length// of the return string is 255 characters. |

The **ALL** procedure returns a string containing repetitions of the character sequence //string//.

| **Return Data Type:** | STRING |

**Example:**

**Starline = ALL('*',25)    !Get 25 asterisks**

**Dotline = ALL('.')        !Get 255 dots**