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If initialValue (a string as recognized by the CS, not a stringID) is given, it will be copied to the resulting string. | If initialValue (a string as recognized by the CS, not a stringID) is given, it will be copied to the resulting string. | ||
StrNew attaches the calling script's identifier to the new string. | |||
==Note== | |||
Due to a bug with [[Set]], you can't directly create large strings with StrNew, as the CS will crash when you attempt to compile the script. To get around this, simply use StrNew to create an empty string and immediately follow it with [[StrSet]]: | |||
set myString to StrNew | |||
StrSet myString "Very, very, very, long string [...]" | |||
[[Category: Functions (OBSE)]] | [[Category: Functions (OBSE)]] | ||
[[Category: TSFC]] | [[Category: TSFC]] | ||
Latest revision as of 17:07, 1 April 2008
Function:
newString:stringID StrNew [initialValue:string]
Syntax:
set StringRef:long to StrNew "Hello World!"
Registers a new string, and returns it's reference number as a long. This number is used when performing functions on the string -- the long itself does not contain the string, merely points to it.
If initialValue (a string as recognized by the CS, not a stringID) is given, it will be copied to the resulting string.
StrNew attaches the calling script's identifier to the new string.
Note[edit | edit source]
Due to a bug with Set, you can't directly create large strings with StrNew, as the CS will crash when you attempt to compile the script. To get around this, simply use StrNew to create an empty string and immediately follow it with StrSet:
set myString to StrNew StrSet myString "Very, very, very, long string [...]"