Lisp format a character a number of times

Question

I am looking for a way to output a character a number of times using format. Is this possible? Can someone fill in the _?_\'s, so that the example works?

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Answer 1

It's nice to see so many solutions: ~A, ~<, and ~{ so far.

The ~@{ iteration construct provides a concise solution:

(format nil "~v@{~A~:*~}" 3 #\*)