3_strings_and_input.md

Strings and Input

In Pinecone, like in many langauges, a string is a series of characters of any length. To make a string, simply suround some text in double quotes:

myString: "this is a string!!!"

Operators and Functions

Like other types, there are various operators and functions that can be applied to strings.

• = checks if two strings are exactly the same.
• + combines two strings.
• stringName.len returns the length of that string.
• 68.ascii will return a string one character long containing the ascii value of the int.
• stringName.sub: start, end retuns a substring. I use start and end instead of start and length because start and length is stupid.
• 84.String will return a string with that number in base 10 (aka, normal). This can be done for Ints, Dubs and Bools.

String input

You can get a string as an input from the user. To do this, call String.input. This will block execution until they type sonething in and press enter, at which time the finction will return a string. If you want to give the user a prompt, call the function like this: "please enter some input: ".input.

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