String object

Description

Allows manipulation and formatting of text strings and determination and location of substrings within strings.

Syntax

1. StringObj[.method]
2. "String Literal"[.method]

Remarks

You can call any of the methods of the String object using the constructor method new String or using a string literal value. You can convert the value of any object into a string using the String() function. All string indexes are zero-based, the index of the last character for any string x is as this: x.length - 1

Constructor

Description

creates a new String object.

Syntax

new String(value)

Parameters

value

The initial value of the new String object.

Example

s = new String("Hello World");