String Functions

These built-in functions create strings. Methods for parsing, trimming, searching, and converting strings are documented under Built-in methods.

str()

Returns an empty string.

Argument	Type	Description
none		No arguments.

Returns: string.

Example:

text = str();         // ''

Converts a value to string form.

Argument	Type	Description
`value`	any	Value to convert.

Returns: string.

Example:

str(123);             // '123'
str(none());          // string form of none

Repeats a pattern string.

Argument	Type	Description
`count`	number	Number of repetitions. Negative values behave like zero.
`pattern`	any	Pattern converted to string and repeated.

Returns: string.

Example:

str(3, 'ab');         // 'ababab'
str(5, '-');          // '-----'

Creates a random string.

Argument	Type	Description
`length`	number	Requested string length.

Returns: string.

Example:

token = str_rand(16);

Creates a string of spaces.

Argument	Type	Description
`count`	number	Number of spaces. Negative values behave like zero.

Returns: string.

Example:

indent = str_spaces(4);
text = indent + 'line';

Creates a UUID string.

Argument	Type	Description
none		No arguments.

Returns: string.

Example:

id = str_uuid();