String Module

The string module contains functions for text processing. Strings use double quotes and support up to 10,000 characters.

Case Conversion

Function	Returns	Description
`string.upper(text)`	`string`	Converts every character to uppercase.
`string.lower(text)`	`string`	Converts every character to lowercase.

lau-compiler.exe

varol toUpper = "shouting"
varol toLower = "WHISPERING"

print(string.upper(toUpper))
print(string.lower(toLower))

OUTPUT:

SHOUTING whispering

Length And Search

Function	Returns	Description
`string.len(text)`	`number`	Returns the total number of characters.
`string.find(text, target, start?, isPlain?)`	`number`	Returns the start index of the target text, or `null`, `start` is a number indicating the position to start searching from, `isPlain` is a boolean indicating whether to perform a plain text search.

lau-compiler.exe

varol input = "Hello Drone"

print("Length: " + string.len(input))

varol position = string.find(input, "Drone")
print("Found 'Drone' at index: " + position)

OUTPUT:

Length: 10 Found 'Drone' at index: 7

Substrings

Function	Returns	Description
`string.sub(text, start, end?)`	`string`	Returns a slice of the string from `start` to `end`.

lau-compiler.exe

varol fullName = "Unit-Drone-V2"
print("Nickname: " + string.sub(fullName, 6, 10))

OUTPUT:

Nickname: Drone

Splitting

Function	Returns	Description
`string.split(text, separator)`	`list`	Splits a string into parts using the separator text.

lau-compiler.exe

varol coord = "X,Z"
varol parts = string.split(coord, ",")

print(parts[1])
print(parts[2])

OUTPUT:

X Z