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What is a String?
A basic data type (sure), but actually what is it?
It is simple to say that a String is just a collection of Characters. But what is that, and how can we use a String in your program?
Read on to find out.
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Prerequisites:
- None, although it would help to understand zero-indexed arrays (guide HERE)
Terminology
Array: An ordered series of objects which are the same type
Character: A character, usually associated with a letter of the alphabet
Collection: A sequence of elements that can be traversed (as many times as you want) and can be accessed by an indexed subscript
Data types: A representation of the tyoe of data that can be processed, for example Integer or String
String: Is an NSAttributedString with additional methods for mutating the content
Strings:
A simple definition:
A string is an ordered collection of characters. One example of a collection is an Array. Essentially we take a character, and put it into an Array.
