Strings (Text)

Look in the helpfile category, "Language Syntax and Usage." You'll find a sub-category called "Text Usage."

You'll find these helpful topics:
* Text and Characters
* String Literals and Variables
* Manipulating Characters
* Text Mode Display
* Text Commands

**Text and Characters** gives an overview of the category.

**String Literals and Variables** tells you how to manage literal strings of text and text expressed as a variable, including how to add two strings together and cause special characters like double quotation marks to be printed.

**Manipulating Characters** gives a good listing of the string functions available in Liberty BASIC.
* [[asc|Asc()]]
* Instr()
* Len()
* Left$()
* Right$()
* Mid$()
* Lower$()
* Upper$()
* Trim$()
* Space$()

**Text mode display** tells you how to display text in the mainwindow, including location of text and tabs. The mainwindow allows formatting of text that is not available in text windows and texteditors.

**Text Window Commands** details the commands that can be used in a text window or texteditor control. Pay special attention to the use of the semi colon in text commands, and to the method for including variables in commands.