# Similar statement in ansible - string as char value n times

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/similar-statement-in-ansible-string-as-char-value-n-times/38360>\
**Category:** Ansible Project\
**Created:** [August 22, 2023, 8:45pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/similar-statement-in-ansible-string-as-char-value-n-times/38360 "2023-08-22T20:45:18Z")\
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**Author:** ![Luiz\_Gustavo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/luiz_gustavo/32/4846_2.png) [@Luiz\_Gustavo](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Luiz_Gustavo)\
**Post date:** [August 22, 2023, 8:45pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/similar-statement-in-ansible-string-as-char-value-n-times/38360/1 "2023-08-22T20:45:18Z")

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hello masters,

Is there a simple way to create a variable like in the bash example?

export sep=$(printf ‘%0.1s’ “-”{1…100})

I would need to create a variable with 100 characters ‘-’ but I wanted it in an elegant way like in bash.

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**Author:** ![sivel](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/sivel/32/1198_2.png) [@sivel](https://forum.ansible.com/u/sivel)\
**Post date:** [August 22, 2023, 8:52pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/similar-statement-in-ansible-string-as-char-value-n-times/38360/2 "2023-08-22T20:52:41Z")

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Just multiple the character you want, by the number of times you want it:

{{ “-” \* 100 }}