String Type

A string is a sequence of arbitrary characters.

Graphical representation of the string editor

The string editor presents a text field where the string's characters can be typed directly.

Strings are sequences of any characters enclosed in double quotes (“):

"Amazon"
"North"
"This is an example of string"
"landscape_123       "
"x1_and_a_name"
"string with \"double quotes\""

A string can be any length, and can span multiple lines without any special line-break syntax:

"This is an example of a very long string
with multiple lines.
Note that line breaks do not need to be marked using any special syntax."

A raw string uses the following syntax:

$"<delimiter>( raw_characters )<delimiter>"

Where raw_characters is the string's content — any sequence of characters — and <delimiter> is any character that, together with the closing parenthesis ), does not appear inside raw_characters. The delimiter can be omitted entirely if the closing parenthesis alone doesn't appear in the content.

$"(This is an example of String)"
$"0(This is an example of String with the character ))0"
$"1(This is an example of String with the sequence of characters )0)1"

A raw string can also be any length and span multiple lines, with no special line-break syntax needed:

$"(This is an example of a very long string
with multiple lines.
Note that line breaks do not need to be marked using any special syntax.)"

• Converted from: Boolean Value Type, Code Type, Index Or Name Type, Integer Value Type, Log Tag Type, Name Type, Non Negative Integer Value Type, Positive Integer Value Type, Real Value Type, Folder Type, Generic Filename Type, Map Filename Type, Table Filename Type, Lookup Table Filename Type, Weights Filename Type, Kmz Filename Type, Projection Type, Elevation Graph Type, and Table Value Type — the last can fail: it only succeeds if the Table Value Type actually holds a String.

• Converted to: Code Type, Date Type, Index Or Name Type, Name Type, Folder Type, Generic Filename Type, Map Filename Type, Table Filename Type, Lookup Table Filename Type, Weights Filename Type, Kmz Filename Type, Projection Type, Table Value Type, and Tuple Type. Real Value Type — can fail; the string must parse as a valid number (e.g. “test” fails, “3.14” succeeds).

See Type System for the complete conversion reference across all types.