A string is a sequence of characters. Strings can be made up of multiple concatenated substrings. There is no general limit on the length of a string, although Keyman does impose limits on strings in various situations.
The following string formats are available:
| Type | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|
| Quoted strings | a list of characters, enclosed either by " or ' quote characters. Can only use characters in the range decimal 32 - 255. To use quotes in the string, enclose with the other quote type. |
store (vowels) "aeiou" + '"' > 'quote' |
| Decimal character codes | a single character, in decimal format. Range d32 - d1114111. |
+ d32 > 'space' |
| Hexadecimal character codes | a single character in hexadecimal format. Range x20 - x10FFFF. |
+ x20 > 'space' |
| Octal character codes | a single character in octal format. Not recommended - only included for historical reasons. Range 40 - 4177777. |
+ 40 > 'space' |
| Unicode character codes | a single character in U+xxxxxx format. Recommended for Unicode. Range U+0020 - U+10FFFF. |
+ U+0020 > 'space' |
Strings are concatenated by listing them together, separated by spaces. For example, the following two lines are equivalent:
U+0041 U+0042 d67 d68 "abc"
"ABCDabc"
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