"string" Data Type

∟"string" Data Type

This chapter provides notes on 'string' Data Type in H language.

What Is "string" Data Type

"string" Literals

Escape Sequences in "string" Literals

Escape Sequences for Non-Printable ASCII Characters

Escape Sequences for Unicode Characters

String Literals with Line Breaks

String Literals Continuing on Next Lines

Expression Interpolation in String Literals

String Literals with No Escape Sequences

Constructor Function: string()

string.get() - Retrieve Character from String

x[i] - Array Element Format for string.get()

string.set() - Update Character to String

x[i] - Array Element Format for string.set()

"string" "add" Operation

"string" "subtraction" Operation

"string" "multiplication" Operation

"string" "division" Operation

"string" "modulo" Operation

string.length() Function

Takeaways:

"string" data type defines how character string data objects should be constructed and what operations are provided for them.
"string" literals can be entered in double-quotes format, "..." with escape sequences.
Doubled-quoted string literals supports expression interpolations in the \(...) format.
"string" literals can be entered in single-quotes format, '...' with no escape sequences.
New "string" data object can be created with the constructor function, string().
The string.get() function returns the character from a string at a given location.
The string.set() function updates a given string at a given location with a given character.
The string.add() function returns the concatenation of two given strings.
The string.subtract() function returns a string resulted from removing sub-strings from a given string.
The string.multiply() function returns a string resulted from repeating a given string multiple times.
The string.modulo() function returns the remainder sub-string after dividing a given string equally.
The string.divid() function returns an array of sub-strings resulted from an equal-division of a given string.
The string.modulo() function returns the remainder sub-string after dividing a given string equally.
The string.length() function returns the number of characters in a given string.