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Sunjammer: moved String (dascript type) to String keyword

2011-08-02T22:22:50Z

moved String (dascript type) to String keyword

Sunjammer: /* Conversion */

2009-11-20T07:57:36Z

‎Conversion

Axe Murderer: spelling

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spelling

Jassper: /* Persistence */

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‎Persistence

Sunjammer: moved String to String (dascript type)

2009-07-31T00:56:44Z

moved String to String (dascript type)

Sunjammer: Initial layout for dascript types

2009-07-31T00:55:14Z

Initial layout for dascript types

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__NOTOC__
The '''string''' type represents a sequence of between zero and approximately two billion characters. The default value a string containing zero characters.

== Literals ==

A literal is a textual representation of a particular value of a type.

A string literal consists of zero or more characters enclosed in double quotes.

== Conversion ==

There is no explicit or implicit conversion to or from a location.

== Persistence ==

The following functions allow a string to exist outside of the scope of the current script by storing it on an object, effect or event:

* [[GetLocalString]]
* [[GetEffectString]]
* [[GetEventString]]

The following functions allow a string which exist outside of the scope of the current script to be used in the current script by retrieving it from an object, effect or event:

* [[SetLocalString]]
* [[GetEffectString]]
* [[SetEventString]]

== Special ==

=== Concatenation ===

Two or more strings can be concatenated together using the concatenation operator "+".

=== Escape sequences ===

Escape sequences are used to insert special characters into a string literal. An escape sequence begins with a backslash character "\" followed by another string literal character.

{| border="1" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0"
! Sequence
! Description
|-
| \\
| The "\" character
|-
| \n
| A new line (a carriage return and line feed)
|}

== Examples ==

<dascript>
void main()
{
// uninitialised
string sDefault;

// initialised using "forty two" literal
string sSpecific = "forty two";

// initialised using concatenation
string sConcatenated = "Hello " + "World";
}
</dascript>

== See Also ==

[[PrintString]]

[[Category: DAScript types]]

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 == Literals ==
-A literal is a textual representation of a particular value of a type.
+A string [[Scripting terminology#literal|literal]] consists of zero or more characters enclosed in double quotes.
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 A string literal consists of zero or more characters enclosed in double quotes.
 == Conversion ==

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 == Conversion ==
-There is no explicit or implicit conversion to or from a location.
+=== Explicit ===
 == Persistence ==

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 __NOTOC__
-The '''string''' type represents a sequence of between zero and approximately two billion characters. The default value a string containing zero characters.
+The '''string''' type represents a sequence of between zero and approximately two billion characters. The default value is a string containing zero characters.
 == Literals ==
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 * [[SetEventString]]
-The following functions allow a string which exist outside of the scope of the current script to be used in the current script by retrieving it from an object, effect or event:
+The following functions allow a string which exists outside of the scope of the current script to be used in the current script by retrieving it from an object, effect or event:
 * [[GetLocalString]]

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 The following functions allow a string to exist outside of the scope of the current script by storing it on an object, effect or event:
-* [[GetLocalString]]
+* [[SetLocalString]]
-* [[GetEffectString]]
+* [[SetEffectString]]
-* [[GetEventString]]
+* [[SetEventString]]
 The following functions allow a string which exist outside of the scope of the current script to be used in the current script by retrieving it from an object, effect or event:
-* [[SetLocalString]]
+* [[GetLocalString]]
 * [[GetEffectString]]
-* [[SetEventString]]
+* [[GetEventString]]
-−
 == Special ==

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