str

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Description

Description:

Converts any value into a string by placing " and " around the argument. Since Arma 3 v1.63.137891 this command will correctly escape all " inside a string: // Before the fix: hint str "string "" string"; // "string " string" <- invalid string call compile str "string "" string"; // ERROR // After the fix: hint str "string "" string"; // "string "" string" <- valid string call compile str "string "" string"; // OK When used on object, object debug name is returned.

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Syntax

Syntax:

str value

Parameters:

value: Anything

Return Value:

String

Examples

Example 1:

_s = str (2 + 3); The value of _s is the string "5"

Example 2:

a = []; ac = 0; while {ac < 5} do { ac = count a; a set [ac, format ["Index %1", ac]]; }; hintSilent str a; Hints all of ["Index 0","Index 1","Index 2","Index 3","Index 4"] including brackets, quotes and commas.

Additional Information

See also:

toArraytoStringisTextselectcountfind

Notes

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Sbsmac

When applied to a unit, this returns the variable name that was assigned to the unit in the editor. For example, if you have created a playable unit with the name 'thePlayer' then you can use 'str player' to return "thePlayer";

Posted on April 5, 2012 - 06:58 (UTC)

MaHuJa

When applied to a string, places quotes around it. If it also contains quotes, be careful in how you use it; e.g. including it as part of a string and then compiling it as code won't work.

Posted on December 5, 2014 - 20:21 (UTC)

DreadedEntity

In addition to the note above, if you try to count that string, the added quotations marks are valid characters and will be counted.