Strings

Strings have many uses, as covered in the beginning String DS and you may already be wondering how to apply them in even more inventive ways! In this section we will lay down some of the more advanced concepts, including techniques on how to create string-based systems.

Because of the vast amount of data alone that strings can hold compared to arrays, it's a good idea to master string manipulation for any type of database that would otherwise be impossible to achieve without a Dream Package (for PS storage). The main drawback with using string manipulation, though, is that strings are far more difficult to manipulate than arrays.

Tip: The termstring will often be used throughout this guide instead ofmessage (although they both refer to the same feature).

Tutorial 1: Text substitution and strings

So, there's text substitution for variables (%Var), special text replacement strings (like[FURRE]), other strings (such as~Message) and even PhoenixSpeak entries called up through $ (like$dream.EntryName). We'll use this knowledge as a building block of advanced string manipulation!

DragonSpeak Lines

All of the DragonSpeak lines related to strings are listed here:

The Limits

A Dream can have 500 string variables in addition to any numerical variables it might have. Each string can be 4096 characters long. You are limited to a total of 32,000 characters in all strings if you add all the characters together (this includes spaces).