The string data type

Values with the string type are sequences of Unicode characters.

Literal syntax

"char*"

Parameter	Description
char (required)	A Unicode character.

Remarks

String literals come between double quotes (") that delimit the beginning and end of strings for the parser. If you need to have a double quote inside a string, use the \ (backslash) character to escape it. You can use the backslash to escape a backslash itself.

stringEscape.rfs

server program stringEscaper for form escape
{
  var escapeQuote = "Nobody expects the \"Spanish Inquisition\"!";
  var escapeSlash = "Waiter! There is a backslash (this one: \\) in my soup!";
  trace escapeQuote;
  trace escapeSlash;
}

The script above logs the following to the console:

"Nobody expects the "Spanish Inquisition"!"
"Waiter! There is a backslash (this one: \) in my soup!"

You'll need to download the escape.fls.xml trigger form if you want to try this script out for yourself.

Members

string.Length() Returns the number of characters in a given string.
string.GetAt() Returns the character in the string at the specified index.
string.SubString() Returns a subset of a string, as a string.
string.IndexOf() Returns the zero-based index number of the first occurrence of the specified substring within the string.
string.ToLower() Converts the case of every character in the string to lowercase.
string.ToUpper() Converts the case of the characters in a string to uppercase.

Related links

bool.ToString()

string.Length()

Developer Documentation

Workflow Script Reference Guide

The string data type