added StringRepeat function to tools

2 files changed, 10 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/tools.cpp b/tools.cpp
index 515418a..de0b43c 100644
--- a/tools.cpp
+++ b/tools.cpp
@@ -62,4 +62,13 @@ int StringToInt( std::string const& string, int base )
 	return 0;
 }
 
+string StringRepeat(int times, const string& input)
+{
+	string result;
+	for (int i = 0; i < times; i++) {
+		result += input;
+	}
+	return result;
+}
+
 } // namespace vdrlive
diff --git a/tools.h b/tools.h
index 7db052e..d830d47 100644
--- a/tools.h
+++ b/tools.h
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ std::string FormatDateTime( char const* format, time_t time );
 std::string StringReplace( std::string const& text, std::string const& substring, std::string const& replacement );
 std::vector< std::string > StringSplit( std::string const& text, char delimiter );
 int StringToInt( std::string const& string, int base = 10 );
+std::string StringRepeat(int times, const std::string& input);
 
 struct bad_lexical_cast: std::runtime_error 
 {