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Expression Structure
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Atomic Elements of Expressions
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Built-in
Mathematica
Symbol
Properties of Strings
Newlines and Tabs in Strings
Special Characters
String-Oriented Output Formats
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Atomic Elements of Expressions
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Expression Structure
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String
("...")
String
is the head of a character string
"
text
"
.
MORE INFORMATION
Strings can contain any sequence of ordinary or special characters.
»
_String
can be used as a pattern that represents a string.
In
FullForm
, special characters in strings are given as
\[
Name
]
or
\:
code
.
»
If an explicit newline in the string is preceded by a single backslash
\
, the backslash and newline are ignored.
EXAMPLES
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Basic Examples
(1)
Enter a string:
In[1]:=
Out[1]=
InputForm
shows quotes:
In[2]:=
Out[2]//InputForm=
Scope
(6)
Generalizations & Extensions
(2)
Applications
(5)
Properties & Relations
(5)
Possible Issues
(5)
SEE ALSO
ToExpression
ToString
Characters
StringExpression
RegularExpression
StringQ
SyntaxQ
Import
Export
TUTORIALS
Properties of Strings
Newlines and Tabs in Strings
Special Characters
String-Oriented Output Formats
MORE ABOUT
Atomic Elements of Expressions
Basic Input & Output in Programs
Expression Structure
Language Overview
Layout & Tables
Low-Level File Operations
Mathematica Syntax
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