String

Description: ASCII string, e.g. "My name is Victor Troska"

Strings are written enclosed in double quotes, like "Hello".

You can make a string out of any type by using format.

Compatibility notes:

Arma and Elite

Prior to Arma/Elite, strings were declared simply as a line of text up to end of line. eg

TokenName=any strange thing you like;

the 'TokenName' was a 'known' keyword to the ofp engine. Model= eg. It could only be a string.

Special cases existed such as

TokenName = ""a    very    finny line  with "Qoutes" ";

which essentially removed doubt for the compiler, where doubt might have existed.

Prior to Arma/Elite "Quotes" were largely optional.

Since ArmA/Elite, strings can also be alternatively enclosed in apostrophes, like 'Hello'. BUT strings MUST be enclosed Period.

Before ArmA, strings could be enclosed in curled braces, as there was no difference between strings and code. In ArmA code needs to be distinguished clearly strings can no longer use { } syntax.