str

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Description

Description:

Converts any value into a string by placing " and " around the argument. When used on object, object debug name is returned.

Since Arma 3 v1.64 this command will correctly escape all " inside a string:

// Before the fix: hint str "string "" string"; // "string " string" <- invalid string call compile str "string "" string"; // ERROR

// After the fix: hint str "string "" string"; // "string "" string" <- valid string call compile str "string "" string"; // OK

Groups:

Strings

Syntax

Syntax:

str value

Parameters:

value: Anything

Return Value:

String

Examples

Example 1:

_s = str (5 + 2); // The value of _s is the string "7"

Example 2:

a = []; ac = 0; while {ac < 5} do { ac = count a; a set [ac, format ["Index %1", ac]]; }; hintSilent str a; // hints all of ["Index 0","Index 1","Index 2","Index 3","Index 4"] including brackets, quotes and commas

Additional Information

See also:

toArray toString isText select count find endl format formatText

Notes

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Posted on September 29, 2009 - 20:17 (UTC)

Sbsmac

When applied to a unit, this returns the variable name that was assigned to the unit in the editor. For example, if you have created a playable unit with the name 'thePlayer' then you can use 'str player' to return "thePlayer";

Posted on December 5, 2014 - 20:21 (UTC)

DreadedEntity

If you try to count string, the added quotations marks are valid characters and will be counted.

Posted on July 15, 2017 - 09:59 (UTC)

Killzone Kid

If you want to make empty string with str that doesn't have any quotation marks, but is still a String you can use text:

str ""; // "" count str ""; // 2 str text ""; // count str text ""; // 0

Posted on February 16, 2021 - 20:59 (UTC)

R3vo

Be careful when using str on arrays and you are used to putting a whitespace behind every comma:

str [0, 0, 0] == "[0, 0, 0]"; // false