Replaced repeatStr() and repeatChar() with more natural versions.

lib/pure/strutils.nim

@@ -499,26 +499,47 @@ proc parseEnum*[T: enum](s: string, default: T): T =
       return e
   result = default
 
-proc repeatChar*(count: int, c: char = ' '): string {.noSideEffect,
+proc repeat*(c: char, count: int): string {.noSideEffect,
   rtl, extern: "nsuRepeatChar".} =
   ## Returns a string of length `count` consisting only of
   ## the character `c`. You can use this proc to left align strings. Example:
   ##
   ## .. code-block:: nim
+  ##   proc tabexpand(indent: int, text: string, tabsize: int = 4) =
+  ##     echo '\t'.repeat(indent div tabsize), ' '.repeat(indent mod tabsize), text
+  ##
+  ##   tabexpand(4, "At four")
+  ##   tabexpand(5, "At five")
+  ##   tabexpand(6, "At six")
+  result = newString(count)
+  for i in 0..count-1: result[i] = c
+
+proc repeat*(s: string, n: int): string {.noSideEffect,
+  rtl, extern: "nsuRepeatStr".} =
+  ## Returns String `s` concatenated `n` times.  Example:
+  ##
+  ## .. code-block:: nim
+  ##   echo "+++ STOP ".repeat(4), "+++"
+  result = newStringOfCap(n * s.len)
+  for i in 1..n: result.add(s)
+
+template spaces*(n: int): string =  repeat(' ',n)
+  ## Returns a String with `n` space characters. You can use this proc
+  ## to left align strings. Example:
+  ##
+  ## .. code-block:: nim
   ##   let
   ##     width = 15
   ##     text1 = "Hello user!"
   ##     text2 = "This is a very long string"
-  ##   echo text1 & repeatChar(max(0, width - text1.len)) & "|"
-  ##   echo text2 & repeatChar(max(0, width - text2.len)) & "|"
-  result = newString(count)
-  for i in 0..count-1: result[i] = c
+  ##   echo text1 & spaces(max(0, width - text1.len)) & "|"
+  ##   echo text2 & spaces(max(0, width - text2.len)) & "|"
 
-proc repeatStr*(count: int, s: string): string {.noSideEffect,
-  rtl, extern: "nsuRepeatStr".} =
-  ## Returns `s` concatenated `count` times.
-  result = newStringOfCap(count*s.len)
-  for i in 0..count-1: result.add(s)
+proc repeatChar*(count: int, c: char = ' '): string {.deprecated.} = repeat(c, count)
+  ## deprecated: use repeat() or spaces()
+
+proc repeatStr*(count: int, s: string): string {.deprecated.} = repeat(s, count)
+  ## deprecated: use repeat(string, count) or string.repeat(count)
 
 proc align*(s: string, count: int, padding = ' '): string {.
   noSideEffect, rtl, extern: "nsuAlignString".} =

tests/stdlib/tstrutil.nim

@@ -46,7 +46,13 @@ assert "/1/2/3".rfind('0') == -1
 assert(toHex(100i16, 32) == "00000000000000000000000000000064")
 assert(toHex(-100i16, 32) == "FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF9C")
 
+assert(' '.repeat(8)== "        ")
+assert(" ".repeat(8) == "        ")
+assert(spaces(8) == "        ")
+
+assert(' '.repeat(0) == "")
+assert(" ".repeat(0) == "")
+assert(spaces(0) == "")
+
 main()
 #OUT ha/home/a1xyz/usr/bin
-
-