>I'm looking for a 2 functions, 1 to Replicate a string a specific number of times and the other to pad a string. eg:
>?Replicate("X",5) 'Prints "XXXXX"
>?Pad("X",5,"O") 'Prints "XOOOO"
>
>These are easy enough to build but I am wondering if there are some built-in functions that I am missing.


as for replicate you could use
String$(5, "X")