In logging output, I often want indentation. In Python, the output is built like:

print(" " * ddepth, "data at this level: ", datum)

Which is to say, build a string by concatenating " " ddepth times. Is there a comparable idiom in dlang or Phobos?

Thanks!
Andy

On Saturday, 7 June 2025 at 16:13:06 UTC, Andy Valencia wrote:

I think there are many ways to do it
The simplest that comes to my mind:

void main() {
    string error_message = "D's desing is far from perfect";
    writeln(" ".repeat(5).join, "[INFO]:", Clock.currTime(), " - ", error_message);
}

On Saturday, 7 June 2025 at 16:42:51 UTC, Sergey wrote:

Thanks! repeat() it is (though I just wrote on which avoids the interim representation, so no join() needed).

Andy

On Saturday, 7 June 2025 at 16:13:06 UTC, Andy Valencia wrote:

I use this:

import std.stdio;
import std.array;  // from here

void main()
{
    writeln("-".replicate(5));  // must be a string
}

On Saturday, 7 June 2025 at 16:42:51 UTC, Sergey wrote:

void main() {
    string error_message = "D's desing is far from perfect";
    writeln(" ".repeat(5).join, "[INFO]:", Clock.currTime(), " - ", error_message);
}

is repeat from a native module? if so, which one?

On Saturday, 21 June 2025 at 12:43:31 UTC, Jabba Laci wrote:

import std.stdio;
import std.array;  // from here

void main()
{
    writeln("-".replicate(5));  // must be a string
}

very nice solution