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]: The most minimalist way to implement this in straight Tcl would in fact be to use [string repeat]: proc lrepeat {number args} {string repeat "$args " $number} ---- [Category Command]