Type: string

A collection of UTF-8 encoded characters.

obj string = "This is a string!";

obj emoji = "⚠️🤔🏃‍♂️‍➡️🎯"; # utf-8 encoded, meaning we can add emojis and any supported chars!

# strings can also be wrapped over multiple lines
obj multiline = "
This
is
multiple
lines
of
text
";

# to add quotes inside a string use \"
obj string_with_quotes = "What's up \"bro\"";

Operations

isstring(value)

Returns true if value is a string.

obj x = "This is a string.";

bark(isstring(x)); # true!

join(string_a, string_b)

Combine two strings together and return the new copy.

obj x = "Hello, ";
obj y = "world!";

bark(join(x, y)); # output: Hello, world!

startswith(str, chars)

Returns true if str begins with chars.

obj x = "12345";

bark(startswith(x, "1")); # true!

endswith(str, chars)

Returns true if str ends with chars.

obj x = "12345";

bark(endswith(x, "5")); # true!

charat(str, index)

Returns the character at index of string.

obj x = "12345";

bark(charat(x, 0)); # output: 1

reverse(string)

Reverses the characters of string. Strings are recreated in reverse and not modified in place.

obj x = "This is a string";
obj x = reverse(x);

bark(x); # output: gnirts a si sihT

contains(string, object)

Returns true if string contains the specified object. object is treated as the set of characters or substring to search for.

obj x = "Hello, World!";

bark(contains(x, "Hello")); # true!

trim(str)

Removes any whitespace characters from the start and end of str, returning a new copy of the trimmed string.

obj x = " Hello World ";

bark(trim(x)); # 'Hello World' (no whitespace characters at start and end)

trim_start(str)

Removes any whitespace characters from the start of str, returning a new copy of the trimmed string.

obj x = " Hello World ";

bark(trim(x)); # 'Hello World ' (no whitespace characters at start)

trim_end(str)

Removes any whitespace characters from the end of str, returning a new copy of the trimmed string.

obj x = " Hello World ";

bark(trim(x)); # ' Hello World' (no whitespace characters at end)