String Literals with No Escape Sequences

This section describes string literals with no escape sequences.

Using escape sequences in a string literals allows us to make string literals smart. But escape sequences also require extra effort for us to enter strings that have double quotes or backward slashes. For example, here is a string of a Java command to display the version information on a Windows system:

# a command string on a Windows system
cmd = "\"C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Java\\jre6\\BIN\\java.exe\" -version";

To avoid extra effort on coding escape sequences, H language will support a second format to enter string literals using single-quotes with 2 simple rules:

Examples of "string" literals using single-quotes:

''; 
'A'; 
'"C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jre6\BIN\java.exe" -version';
'Who''s There?';

Table of Contents

 About This Book

 Introduction of H Language

 Syntax

 Data Types

 Variables

 Expressions

 Statements

 "boolean" Data Type

 "integer" Data Type

"string" Data Type

 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

 "real" Data Type

 "array" Data Type

 Source Code Packages

 Classes and Objects

 Object Oriented Programming

 Inheritance - Object Attachments

 Encapsulation - Private Members

 References

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