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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'''. | ||