The string data type represents character data.

Strings are the most common data type in Lasso. They are used for the return values from the [Field] tag, [Action_Param] tag, and others. Even if a field or action parameter contains a numeric value it is still returned as a string.

Strings can be manipulated using a number of symbols. The symbols work analogously to their mathematical counterparts. + for string concatenation, - to delete a substring, and * to repeat a string. The >> contains tag can be used to check whether a string contains a substring.

Strings can be manipulated using the string member tags such as [String->Split], [String->Replace], etc. as well as with the clasic string tags [String_Concatenate], [String_IsUpper], etc.

A string can be treated as an array of characters using the [String->Size] and [String->Get] tags.