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Leopard20 at 08:59, 28 April 2025

2025-04-28T08:59:37Z

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	== Single quote limitation ==		== Single quote limitation ==

	~~Other than~~ double quotes ("text"), single quotes ('text') do not seem to support tabs:		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 [[PreProcessor_Commands#Strings\|parsed by the preprocessor]] and may cause undesired results.
			* Single quote strings do not seem to support tabs:
	<sqf>		<sqf>
	_string = "		_string = "

Lou Montana: Text replacement - "\{\{ Wikipedia \| ([-a-zA-Z0-9_#':%\/\\]+) \| ([-a-zA-Z0-9_#':%\/\\ ]+) \}\}" to "{{Link|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/$1|$2}}"

2023-02-23T23:47:45Z

Text replacement - "\{\{ *Wikipedia *\| *([-a-zA-Z0-9_#':%\/\\]+) *\| *([-a-zA-Z0-9_#':%\/\\ ]+) *\}\}" to "{{Link|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/$1|$2}}"

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	! {{Link\|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Code_page\|Code page}}		! {{Link\|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Code_page\|Code page}}
	\| product language defined		\| product language defined
	\| colspan="6" \| {{~~Wikipedia~~\|UTF-8\|UTF-8}}		\| colspan="6" \| {{Link\|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UTF-8\|UTF-8}}
	\|-		\|-
	! "text"		! "text"

Lou Montana: Text replacement - "Link\|https:\/\/en\.wikipedia\.org\/([^w][^i])" to "Link|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/$1"

2023-02-23T21:11:27Z

Text replacement - "Link\|https:\/\/en\.wikipedia\.org\/([^w][^i])" to "Link|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/$1"

← Older revision		Revision as of 23:11, 23 February 2023
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	\|-		\|-
	! Encoding		! Encoding
	\| {{Link\|https://en.wikipedia.org/ASCII\|ASCII}}		\| {{Link\|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ASCII\|ASCII}}
	\| colspan="6" \| {{Link\|https://en.wikipedia.org/Unicode\|Unicode}}		\| colspan="6" \| {{Link\|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unicode\|Unicode}}
	\|-		\|-
	! {{Link\|https://en.wikipedia.org/Code_page\|Code page}}		! {{Link\|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Code_page\|Code page}}
	\| product language defined		\| product language defined
	\| colspan="6" \| {{Wikipedia\|UTF-8\|UTF-8}}		\| colspan="6" \| {{Wikipedia\|UTF-8\|UTF-8}}

Lou Montana: Text replacement - "\{\{Wikipedia \| ([a-zA-Z0-9_#]+) \| ([a-zA-Z0-9_ #]+) *\}\}" to "{{Link|https://en.wikipedia.org/$1|$2}}"

2023-02-23T21:02:27Z

Text replacement - "\{\{Wikipedia *\| *([a-zA-Z0-9_#]+) *\| *([a-zA-Z0-9_ #]+) *\}\}" to "{{Link|https://en.wikipedia.org/$1|$2}}"

← Older revision		Revision as of 23:02, 23 February 2023
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	\|-		\|-
	! Encoding		! Encoding
	\| {{~~Wikipedia~~\|ASCII\|ASCII}}		\| {{Link\|https://en.wikipedia.org/ASCII\|ASCII}}
	\| colspan="6" \| {{~~Wikipedia~~\|Unicode\|Unicode}}		\| colspan="6" \| {{Link\|https://en.wikipedia.org/Unicode\|Unicode}}
	\|-		\|-
	! {{~~Wikipedia~~\|Code_page\|Code page}}		! {{Link\|https://en.wikipedia.org/Code_page\|Code page}}
	\| product language defined		\| product language defined
	\| colspan="6" \| {{Wikipedia\|UTF-8\|UTF-8}}		\| colspan="6" \| {{Wikipedia\|UTF-8\|UTF-8}}

Lou Montana: Some wiki formatting

2022-07-21T23:49:33Z

Some wiki formatting

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	Other than double quotes ("text"), single quotes ('text') do not seem to support tabs:		Other than double quotes ("text"), single quotes ('text') do not seem to support tabs:
			<sqf>
			_string = "
			";
			copyToClipboard _string;
			diag_log format ["%1 %2 %3 x%4x", toArray _string, toArray copyFromClipboard, toArray (_string select [0]), _string];

	~~_string = "~~		/*
	";		return is good: "[9,10,9] [9,10,9] [9,10,9] x
	~~[[copyToClipboard]] _string;~~		x"
	~~[[diag_log]] [[format]] ["%1 %2 %3 x%4x", [[toArray]] _string, [[toArray]] [[copyFromClipboard]], [[toArray]] (_string [[select]] [0]), _string];~~		*/
			</sqf>
	~~{{codecomment\|~~/*
	return is good: "[9,10,9] [9,10,9] [9,10,9] x
	x"
	*/}}

	_string = '		<sqf>
	';		_string = '
	[[copyToClipboard]] _string;		';
	[[diag_log~~]] [[~~format]] ["%1 %2 %3 x%4x", [[toArray]] _string, [[toArray~~]] [[~~copyFromClipboard]], [[toArray]] (_string [[select]] [0]), _string];		copyToClipboard _string;
			diag_log format ["%1 %2 %3 x%4x", toArray _string, toArray copyFromClipboard, toArray (_string select [0]), _string];
	{{codecomment\|/*
	~~return: "[9,10] [9,10] [9,10] x~~
	~~x" - second tab vanished~~
	*/}}

	<small>Example courtesy of {{~~ExternalLink~~\|~~link=~~ http://forums.bistudio.com/member.php?81568-Rydygier\|~~text=~~ Rydygier}}</small>		/*
			return: "[9,10] [9,10] [9,10] x
			x" - second tab vanished
			*/
			</sqf>

			<small>Example courtesy of {{Link\|http://forums.bistudio.com/member.php?81568-Rydygier\|Rydygier}}</small>


	== Examples ==		== Examples ==

	=== Quotes in ~~quotes~~ ===		=== Quotes in Quotes ===

	[[private]] _string = "my string ""with"" quotes";		<sqf>
	[[private]] _string = 'my string "with" quotes';		private _string = "my string ""with"" quotes";
	[[private]] _string = 'my string ''with'' quotes';		private _string = 'my string "with" quotes';
			private _string = 'my string with quotes';
			</sqf>

	=== String ~~formats~~ ===		=== String Formats ===

	~~{{cc\|{{ofp}}}}~~		<sqf>
	_string = "Hello there" ~~{{cc\|~~works}}		// Operation Flashpoint
	_string = 'Hello there' ~~{{cc\|~~does NOT work}}		_string = "Hello there" // works
	_string = {Hello there} ~~{{cc\|~~works}}		_string = 'Hello there' // does NOT work
			_string = {Hello there} // works
			</sqf>

	~~{{cc\|Since {{arma1}}}}~~		<sqf>
	_string = "Hello there" ~~{{cc\|~~works}}		// since Armed Assault
	_string = 'Hello there' ~~{{cc\|~~works}}		_string = "Hello there" // works
	_string = {Hello there} ~~{{cc\|~~does NOT work}}		_string = 'Hello there' // works
			_string = {Hello there} // does NOT work
			</sqf>

	=== Operators ===		=== Operators ===

	[[private]] _finalString = "Hello" + " " + "there"; ~~{{cc\|~~outputs "Hello there" - the [[+]] sign concatenates strings}}		<sqf>private _finalString = "Hello" + " " + "there"; // outputs "Hello there" - the + sign concatenates strings</sqf>
	The only basic operator to be used on strings is "plus". You can use "plus" to concatenate two strings.		The only basic operator to be used on strings is "plus". You can use "plus" to concatenate two strings.

	=== Conversion ===		=== Conversion ===

	[[private]] _value = 42; ~~{{cc\|~~this is a [[Number~~]]}}~~		<sqf>
	[[hint]] _value; ~~{{cc\|~~error - [[hint]] takes a [[String]], not a [[Number~~]]}}~~		private _value = 42; // this is a Number
	[[hint~~]] [[~~format]] ["%1", _value]; ~~{{cc\|~~ok}}		hint _value; // error - hint takes a String, not a Number
	[[hint~~]] [[~~str]] _value; ~~{{cc\|~~ok - since ~~{{arma1}}}}~~		hint format ["%1", _value]; // ok
			hint str _value; // ok - since Armed Assault
			</sqf>


	[[Category: Data Types]]		[[Category: Data Types]]

Lou Montana: Text replacement - "\[ (https?\:\/\/.+\.bistudio\.[^ ]+) ([^ ]+) \]" to "{{ExternalLink|link= $1|text= $2}}"

2021-07-26T12:19:12Z

Text replacement - "\[ *(https?\:\/\/.+\.bistudio\.[^ ]+) ([^ ]+) *\]" to "{{ExternalLink|link= $1|text= $2}}"

← Older revision		Revision as of 14:19, 26 July 2021
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	*/}}		*/}}

	<small>Example courtesy of [http://forums.bistudio.com/member.php?81568-Rydygier Rydygier]</small>		<small>Example courtesy of {{ExternalLink\|link= http://forums.bistudio.com/member.php?81568-Rydygier\|text= Rydygier}}</small>

Lou Montana: Text replacement - "\[https?\:\/\/en\.wikipedia\.org\/wiki\/([^ ]+) (.+)\]" to "{{Wikipedia|$1|$2}}"

2021-05-30T14:53:07Z

Text replacement - "\[https?\:\/\/en\.wikipedia\.org\/wiki\/([^ ]+) (.+)\]" to "{{Wikipedia|$1|$2}}"

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	\|-		\|-
	! Encoding		! Encoding
	\| ~~[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/~~ASCII ASCII]		\| {{Wikipedia\|ASCII\|ASCII}}
	\| colspan="6" \| ~~[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/~~Unicode Unicode]		\| colspan="6" \| {{Wikipedia\|Unicode\|Unicode}}
	\|-		\|-
	! ~~[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/~~Code_page Code page]		! {{Wikipedia\|Code_page\|Code page}}
	\| product language defined		\| product language defined
	\| colspan="6" \| ~~[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/~~UTF-8 UTF-8]		\| colspan="6" \| {{Wikipedia\|UTF-8\|UTF-8}}
	\|-		\|-
	! "text"		! "text"

Lou Montana: Fix max length

2021-05-05T12:19:11Z

Fix max length

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	\| 2056		\| 2056
	\| colspan="5" \| No set limit		\| colspan="5" \| No set limit
	\| ~~±~~9,999,999		\| 9,999,999 to 10,000,000<br>(same as [[Array]] length)
	\|-		\|-
	! Encoding		! Encoding

Lou Montana: Fix plusMinus

2021-05-05T10:17:01Z

Fix plusMinus

← Older revision		Revision as of 12:17, 5 May 2021
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	\| 2056		\| 2056
	\| colspan="5" \| No set limit		\| colspan="5" \| No set limit
	\| 9,999,999 ~~±~~		\| ±9,999,999
	\|-		\|-
	! Encoding		! Encoding

Lou Montana: Page lifting

2021-05-05T10:15:44Z

Page lifting

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