Strings

Strings in Jai are a simple standard array collection of Unicode UTF8 characters.

Strings are not null-terminated like in the C language.

To use Jai strings with external libraries that need null-terminated strings some workarounds are necessary.

Escape sequences

To insert into the strings special characters not supported by the editor in use are available several special escape sequences.

Esc	Description
\0	NUL ASCII character for null-terminated strings
\n	Newline character
\t	Tab character
\r	Carriage return character
\"	Double quotes character
\\	Backslash character
\e[...m	Escape sequence
\xnn	Character code addressed by a hexadecimal value
\dnnn	Character code addressed by a decimal value
\unnnn	Character code addressed by Unicode 16 bit hexadecimal value
\Unnnnnnnn	Character code addressed by Unicode 32 bit hexadecimal value

Escape sequences are used by the print statement to produce formatted output effects on the console.

A simple effect can achieved in this way:

ESC_RED :: "\e[31m";
ESC_STD :: "\e[0m";

print ("This value is %IMPORTANT !%, ESC_RED, ESC_STD);

The simpler formatting is the use of colors. But be warned that many console programs don't support colors very well and some are better than others specially for true colors.