String Data Type

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Definition:

Phoenix supports variable-length strings, which can contain an unlimited number of alphanumeric characters.

String character codes range from 0 to 255. String characters used by all Windows applications consist of ANSI characters. Characters 0 to 128 are the same as those defined by the ASCII character set and can be found on the standard U.S. keyboard. Characters 128 to 255 include special characters that represent letters in international alphabets, special accents, and symbols used for currency and fractions.

Type-declaration character:

$ (ANSI character 36)

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Data Types