String tab Syntax Buttons

The String tab syntax buttons indicate all the ways you can add or use a String in an expression. Clicking on one of the buttons adds the indicated syntax (minus the question marks) to your expression. In the spaces left by the question marks, enter the appropriate values.

String Syntax Button Descriptions

Syntax Button

Type

Description

''?''

string literal

A string. See String Literals

u''?''

extended string literal

An extended string. The Unicode character codes for the characters from 128 and higher. Since ASCII is a seven-bit code and most computers manipulate data in eight-bit bytes, many extensions use the additional Unicode codes available by using all eight bits of each byte.

\u????

Unicode literal

A Unicode character.

? + ?

string concatenation

Concatenates two strings into one. See also String Concatenation Operator +

?.toString()

cast

Returns the string representation of the specified object.

String.valueOf( ? )

cast

Returns the string representation of the specified object. If the object is null, it returns “null”.

(Document)?

cast

Converts a string into a text document.