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| - | ====== String ====== | ||
| - | A **string** is the variable type that can contain text. | ||
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| - | ====== Description ====== | ||
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| - | 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. | ||
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| - | **Examples (OFP):** | ||
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| - | <code> | ||
| - | _string = "here is my string" | ||
| - | _string2 = {It may contain a lot of characters #@$} | ||
| - | </code> | ||
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| - | **Examples (ArmA):** | ||
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| - | <code> | ||
| - | _string = "here is my string" | ||
| - | _string2 = 'It may contain a lot of characters #@$' | ||
| - | </code> | ||
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| - | If you want to include double quotes (") in strings enclosed by double quotes, the inside double quotes have to be written twice. | ||
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| - | <code> | ||
| - | _string = "my string ""with"" quotes" | ||
| - | _string2 = 'my other string "with" quotes' | ||
| - | </code> | ||
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| - | ====== Operators ====== | ||
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| - | The only basic operator to be used on strings is "plus". You can use "plus" to concatenate two strings. | ||
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| - | <code> | ||
| - | _string = "Hello " + "world" | ||
| - | </code> | ||
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| - | ====== Commands ====== | ||
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| - | 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. | ||
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| - | <code> | ||
| - | _string = format ["%1", ["my","array","of","strings"]] | ||
| - | hint _string | ||
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| - | => ["my","array","of","strings"] | ||
| - | </code> | ||
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| - | ====== Limitations ====== | ||
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| - | Since **ArmA** strings seem not to have any limitation in length. | ||
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| - | In **OFP v1.96**, manipulating and using strings above 2056 characters in length may crash the game. | ||
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