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The '''string''' type is a direct interface to [https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/csharp/programming-guide/strings/ the same type in C#]. | |||
Strings are considered an [[Type:object|object]] rather than a primitive, and as such one should use the corresponding object components and ProtoFlux nodes to interface with them. However, if one needs to choose a difference between a reference and value for the string type, it is a value. | |||
Strings are sequences of [[Type:char|chars]], and as such are [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UTF-16 UTF-16] encoded. When representing characters that are outside the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plane_(Unicode)#Basic_Multilingual_Plane Basic Multilingual Plane], a pair of two <code>char</code>s is used, known as a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surrogate_pair#U+D800_to_U+DFFF_(surrogates) surrogate pair]. Due to this, not every character in a string may be mapped directly to one <code>char</code>, and this can cause confusion when using ProtoFlux nodes on strings containing non-BMP characters. Additionally, stray surrogate characters that are not part of a surrogate pair may not behave as intended. | |||
== See Also == | |||
* [[:Category:ProtoFlux:Strings]] | |||
Revision as of 23:33, 24 May 2024
The string type is a direct interface to the same type in C#.
Strings are considered an object rather than a primitive, and as such one should use the corresponding object components and ProtoFlux nodes to interface with them. However, if one needs to choose a difference between a reference and value for the string type, it is a value.
Strings are sequences of chars, and as such are UTF-16 encoded. When representing characters that are outside the Basic Multilingual Plane, a pair of two chars is used, known as a surrogate pair. Due to this, not every character in a string may be mapped directly to one char, and this can cause confusion when using ProtoFlux nodes on strings containing non-BMP characters. Additionally, stray surrogate characters that are not part of a surrogate pair may not behave as intended.