Crestron SIMPL+ - STRING Declaration

Software Crestron SIMPL+
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Language Reference Guide - DOC. 5797G
STRING
Name:
STRING
Syntax:
STRING <var1[size1]>[,<var2[size2]>...];
STRING <var1[num_elements1][num_characters1]>[,
<var2[num_elements2][num_characters2]>...];
Description:
Declares a string that is local to this SIMPL+ program. Strings are of arbitrary length,
so a maximum size must be specified. When a STRING variable has new data
assigned to it, the old data is lost.
When used in its second form, a one-dimensional array of strings is allocated. The
array has num_elements+1 elements, and num_characters per element allocated. The
legal indices for referencing the strings are 0 through num_elements.
The value of SIZE and NUM_CHARACTER may be up to 255 in SIMPL+ Version
1.00. In SIMPL+ Version 2.00 and later, they may be up to 65535. The value of
NUM_ELEMENTS may be up to 65535.
NOTE: Strings in Version 3.00 for the 2-Series Control Systems may not be passed
by value to a function. They must be passed by reference.
NOTE: If no Return Value is specified within an String_Function, then an empty
string (0) will be returned by default.
NOTE: (X-Gen) The values of STRINGs declared are non-volatile. If the system is
powered down and up, the variables will take on their previous values. If programs are
changed and uploaded, the values are not preserved.
NOTE: (2-Series) STRINGs can be volatile or non-volatile. The default is defined
using the compiler directives #DEFAULT_NONVOLATILE or
#DEFAULT_VOLATILE or overridden using the nonvolatile or volatile keywords.