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-====== String ======
-A **string** is the variable type that can contain text.
-====== Description ======
-A string may consist of any number of ASCII characters and is enclosed by single-quotes (only in ArmA) or double-quotes. In OFP, strings could alternatively also be written enclosed by curled braces, which are reserved for code in ArmA.
-**Examples (OFP):**
-<code>
- _string = "here is my string"
- _string2 = {It may contain a lot of characters #@$}
-</code>
-**Examples (ArmA):**
-<code>
- _string = "here is my string"
- _string2 = 'It may contain a lot of characters #@$'
-</code>
-If you want to include double quotes (") in strings enclosed by double quotes, the inside double quotes have to be written twice.
-<code>
- _string = "my string ""with"" quotes"
- _string2 = 'my other string "with" quotes'
-</code>
-====== Operators ======
-The only basic operator to be used on strings is "plus". You can use "plus" to concatenate two strings.
-<code>
- _string = "Hello " + "world"
-</code>
-====== Commands ======
-You can convert any type to a string using the command [[format]]. You can also use that command to build together a string out of different elements. See the documentation of [[format]] for a closer description.
-<code>
- _string = format ["%1", ["my","array","of","strings"]]
- hint _string
- => ["my","array","of","strings"]
-</code>
-====== Limitations ======
-Since **ArmA** strings seem not to have any limitation in length.
-In **OFP v1.96**, manipulating and using strings above 2056 characters in length may crash the game.