1000 same chars without using loops and repeating this char in code more than once

Question

Let's say we need to output 1000 # symbols in one line without loops or recursion. And surely without making a line of code with 1000 chars there.

The noob solution that comes to mind is...

string s = "#";
s = s+s+s+s+s+s+s+s+s+s;
s = s+s+s+s+s+s+s+s+s+s;
s = s+s+s+s+s+s+s+s+s+s;
Console.WriteLine(s);

Are there any others?

Why you avoid the loop or recursion? And what kind of loop or recursion that you avoid? Is Linq including this restriction? — Heinz Siahaan, Jun 09 '15 at 03:01
possible duplicate of [Best way to repeat a character in C#](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/411752/best-way-to-repeat-a-character-in-c-sharp) — almightyGOSU, Jun 09 '15 at 03:02

score 7 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 09 '15 at 03:07

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var repeatedString = new string('#', 1000);

answered Jun 09 '15 at 03:07

Ruskin

Isn't that a kind of a loop anyways? – Uk rain troll Jun 09 '15 at 03:11
That's why I asked, "what kind of loop that he avoid". But it's much better than his "simplest solution" :) – Heinz Siahaan Jun 09 '15 at 03:13
Well I am no IL expert but it's not translated to a loop when I investigated the IL, you can argue that it is but I will stay away from that discussion :). Also, using + for a string concatenation is not good for performance as strings are immutable (https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/306822) – Ruskin Jun 09 '15 at 03:21
Well, I asked this question more for fun and also to learn something. Thank you for your answer. – Uk rain troll Jun 09 '15 at 03:32

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