repeat insert characters until end of line or getting the last col in a buffer?

Hi,

Is there a way to insert a repeat of characters to the width of a buffer?

That is, I can repeat a series of characters, i.e. <ESC>12i-<ESC> inserts 12 hyphens [1]

But if the repeat count is the terminal buffer width, is there a quick way to determine that or a variable of the last column?

I know $ is the end of line but <ESC>$i-<ESC> didn't work nor $|

The longer way is typing out to end of line to get the last column number at the status line then issuing the command, eg <ESC>127i-<ESC>

Thank you,
tony


[1] https://stackoverflow.com/a/5805239

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