Enter a string:

InputForm shows quotes:

Enter explicit newlines using \n:

"" is the empty string, which normally does not print:

InputForm explicitly shows the empty strings:

Strings can contain any sequence of ordinary and special characters:

In FullForm, full character names are used:

Strings preserve internal formatting:

All strings have head String:

_String matches any string, but not a symbol:

Strings can have any expression embedded:

Strings can contain graphics:

Print text (the quotes do not appear by default):

Create formatted text:

Define a function that applies only to strings:

Use strings as plot markers:

Give text in graphics:

Break a string into characters:

Reconstruct the string:

Find character codes for characters in a string:

Reconstruct the string:

Turn a string into an expression:

ToString creates strings, by default with OutputForm:

Create a string containing InputForm:

Use \" to enter a " inside a string:

Strings are treated as "atoms" with no parts:

Use StringLength to find the character length of a string:

Strings do not automatically insert spacing around operator characters:

An InputForm string contains explicit space characters:

The actual sequences of characters in a formatted string can be fairly complicated:

A string with special characters usually does not include the long form of the character:

Force long form names to be used: