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| - | A **string** is a scripting data type consisting of a string of characters enclosed by double quotes on each end. Strings are typically used to represent a message, for example in the [[Display Message]] function, or when referencing an entity name or property name within a script. [[Placeholder expressions]] can be used within a string as a way to generate dynamic values at game runtime. | + | A **string** is a scripting data type consisting of a string of characters enclosed by double quotes on each end. Strings are typically used to represent a message, for example in the [[Display Message]] function, or when referencing an entity name or property name within a script. [[placeholder_expression|Placeholder expressions]] can be used within a string as a way to generate dynamic values at game runtime. |
| ====Example: | ====Example: | ||
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| </ | </ | ||
| - | The above example | + | The above example |
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| + | <WRAP center round info 100%> | ||
| + | **Note:** Any double quotation marks within a string (excluding the quotation marks used to enclose it) must be escaped with a preceding backslash. | ||
| + | </ | ||
| ====Example: | ====Example: | ||
| <code lua> | <code lua> | ||
| - | set_entity_property(entity[" | + | set_entity_property(entity[" |
| </ | </ | ||
string.txt · Last modified: 2021/04/21 20:07 by justin
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