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* New-style Strings have a '''capital''' 'S'! Old-style strings use a lower-case 's'. | * New-style Strings have a '''capital''' 'S'! Old-style strings use a lower-case 's'. | ||
* New-style Strings are [ | * New-style Strings are [https://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/manual/index.html?page=ags31.htm pointer] based. The pointer is internally managed, however new-style Strings can still hold the value '''null'''. Remember that operating on null pointers will crash your game! | ||
* As long as it is non-global (i.e., it is within a function) new-style Strings can have a default value assigned at the same time as you declare the String. Note that if you don't define a default value (or if the String is global (outside of all functions)) then it will hold the value '''null'''. | * As long as it is non-global (i.e., it is within a function) new-style Strings can have a default value assigned at the same time as you declare the String. Note that if you don't define a default value (or if the String is global (outside of all functions)) then it will hold the value '''null'''. | ||
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String new_Str = "dog"; | String new_Str = "dog"; | ||
Display("%d", new_Str == "DoG"); // displays | Display("%d", new_Str == "DoG"); // displays ZERO | ||
Also note that the comparison operators return a boolean value unlike the comparison functions. The reason ''new_Str == "DoG"'' displays zero is because the comparison returns '''false''' which evaluates as zero numerically. This is important because this is essentially the opposite of StrComp and String.CompareTo. | |||
===StrContains -> String.Contains=== | ===StrContains -> String.Contains=== | ||
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[[Upgrading to AGS 2.71]] | [[Upgrading to AGS 2.71]] | ||
[[Category:Beginner Tutorials]][[Category:Scripting]] | |||