Inside the REPT function, the text to repeat is provided as a single asterisk ("*"). The number of asterisks needed for each value is determined with with the LEN function in this bit of code here: We start with 12, then subtract the length of the text in column B. In cell B5, “Sebastian” is 9 characters, so the result is 3. The formula is evaluated like this: The results in column C is formatted with a monospaced font (Courier New) to clearly show all strings are the same length.
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