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	New line character
\t	Tab character
\r	Carriage return character
\"	Double quotes character
\\	Backslash character
\ennn	Escape sequence
\xnn	Hexadecimal value
\dnnn	Decimal value
\unnnn	Unicode 16bit value
\Unnnnnnnn	Unicode 32 bit value