How Logic Works

String

A sequence of characters — letters, numbers, symbols, spaces — treated as text by the program.

Definition

A sequence of characters — letters, numbers, symbols, spaces — treated as text by the program. Strings are always wrapped in quotes.

Example

greeting = 'Hello, world!' — this stores the text Hello, world! as a string variable.

More terms in How Logic Works

Variable If/Then Condition Loop Function Input/Output For Loop Boolean Array / List Dictionary / Object

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