Any set of characters (including no characters) enclosed by the single
quote symbol ('
)
is defined to be of type string in Darwin.
> thoughts := ''; # an empty string thoughts := > MyName := 'mike hallett'; # a string MyName := mike hallett > MyAge := 'twenty eight'; # a string MyAge := twenty eight
Each item of type string is indexed and its individual components can be accessed in the same manner as one accesses the individual components of an array.
> MyName[6]; h > MyAge[2]; w