lrepeat was defined in TIP 136 [http://www.tcl.tk/cgi-bin/tct/tip/136.html] , which has been approved for incorporation into Tcl 8.5.0 . Eventually, the doc will be here: http://www.purl.org/tcl/home/man/tcl8.5/TclCmd/lsearch.html lrepeat number element1 ?element2 element3 ...? This command builds up a list by repeating elements. It will be a part of Tcl 8.5.0 . Note that Tcl 8.5 is available in an early developer form from ftp://ftp.tcl.tk/pub/tcl/nightly-cvs/tcl-*gz . Early access to Tk 8.5 is there as well. An example of how it will work is lrepeat 3 a a a a ---- [RS]: Note the possible confusion with [string repeat]'s syntax: % string repeat a 5 aaaaa ---- [FW]: A forward-compatible version for versions before 8.5 is available in [Additional list functions] ---- [Category Command]