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repeat isn't an operator, it's a function in this context. Describe what it does.
Index: examples/tutorial/21_string_ops_repeat.pir =================================================================== --- examples/tutorial/21_string_ops_repeat.pir (revision 20571) +++ examples/tutorial/21_string_ops_repeat.pir (working copy) @@ -1,6 +1,7 @@ =head1 String Operations (continued) -PIR has a string repeat operation. +PIR has a string repeat function, that concatenates a string +with itself N times. =cut @@ -9,7 +10,7 @@ $S0 = "Hello " $S1 = repeat $S0, 3 - say $S1 + say $S1 #prints "Hello Hello Hello\n" .end