Command: string

Syntax

string <assign> {,<assign> ... }

Description

Declare (and optionally assign) one or more string variables.

Parameters

• <assign>

<ident> { = <value> }

• <ident>
  The name of the identifier.

• <value>
  A string expression.

Switches

None

Notes

If no value is given, the identifier is initialized to an empty string.

String identifier values can be placed in-line within a command line via the following phrase: ^(<string>).

Examples

New string initialized to null.

string s

Two new identifiers, initialized.

string s1 = 'now', s2 = 'then'

String array.

string bits[3] = < s1, 'and', s2 >

In-line usage.

string fname = '/usr/tmp/junk.dat'
delete ^(fname)