String
Category: Data Types
A string is a variable type that contains text. Possible length and characters depend on the game and its version.
Properties
OFP | ArmA | Arma 2 | Arma 2:OA | TKOH | Arma 3 (before v1.56) | Arma 3 (since v1.56) | |
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Max length | 2056 | No set limit | 9,999,999 to 10,000,000 (same as Array length) | ||||
Encoding | ASCII | Unicode | |||||
Code page | product language defined | UTF-8 | |||||
"text" | ![]() | ||||||
'text' | ![]() |
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{text} | ![]() |
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Commands and Functions
Single quote limitation
Strings can be written with both double quotes ("text") and single quotes ('text'). While they are identical, there are slightly differences in how they are treated:
- Single quote strings are parsed by the preprocessor and may cause undesired results.
- Single quote strings do not seem to support tabs:
_string = "
";
copyToClipboard _string;
diag_log format ["%1 %2 %3 x%4x", toArray _string, toArray copyFromClipboard, toArray (_string select [0]), _string];
/*
return is good: "[9,10,9] [9,10,9] [9,10,9] x
x"
*/
_string = '
';
copyToClipboard _string;
diag_log format ["%1 %2 %3 x%4x", toArray _string, toArray copyFromClipboard, toArray (_string select [0]), _string];
/*
return: "[9,10] [9,10] [9,10] x
x" - second tab vanished
*/
Example courtesy of Rydygier
Examples
Quotes in Quotes
String Formats
Operators
The only basic operator to be used on strings is "plus". You can use "plus" to concatenate two strings.