Strings
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Sept 13, 2024
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A string is any collection of characters.
It can be enclosed in single quote characters, double quote characters, or pairs of square brackets:
"Dr. John Smith"
'Radiology'
[[Downtown Hospital]]You can use dashes and square brackets to enclose multiple lines:
--[[The results of the lab tests are in.
No abnormalities have been detected.]]If you want to include brackets in a multi-line string, you can use an open bracket [ followed by one or more = characters and then another open bracket to indicate the start of a string. The string is ended by a close bracket ], the same number of = characters, and another close bracket:
[==[This string contains [] bracket
characters, but is ended by a ], two = and another ].]==]
[=[This string also contains [] brackets]=]There are many operations that can be performed on strings; explore these in more depth: Common string operations.
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