Scripter Javascript Tutorial

18 String

MDN: Text Formatting: Strings

A String is a series of characters of any length, including no characters, when wrapped in double or single quotes. In Scripter, strings are primarily used to manage parameter controls and debugging.

var controlName = "Tonic";
var emptyString = "";

Strings can be combined with any other data type with the “+” operator. When numbers are combined with strings, numbers are automatically converted into strings.

var string1 = "foo"; // double quotes
var string2 = 'bar'; // single quotes
var aNumber = 1;
var result = string1 + string2 + aNumber; // "foobar1";

Simple formatting for strings is provided with the tab “\t” and line break “\n” characters:

var tab = "\tfoo";
var linebreak = "foo\nbar"; // single quotes
Trace(tab);
Trace(linebreak);

***Creating a new MIDI engine with script***

Evaluating MIDI-processing script...
Script evaluated successfully!
    foo
foo
bar
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If a back slash \ is needed in a String, then another back slash is used to “escape” it:

var second_dom = "V\\V"; // "V\V"