Strings

NaijaScript strings are UTF-8 encoded and support Unicode characters.

Literals

Declare string values:

make foo get "Aisha"
make bar get " hello "

Concatenate with add and interpolate with braces:

make foo get "Hello, " add "Aisha" add "!"
make bar get "Hello, {foo}!"

Available methods and return types:

Method	Description	Returns
`len()`	Number of Unicode code points in the string	`Number`
`slice(start, end)`	Substring from start (inclusive) to end (exclusive). start/end are floored; negative indexes count from end.	`String`
`to_uppercase()`	Convert to uppercase	`String`
`to_lowercase()`	Convert to lowercase	`String`
`find(needle)`	Index of first occurrence (0-based). Returns -1 if not found.	`Number`
`replace(old, new)`	Replace all occurrences of old with new	`String`
`trim()`	Remove leading and trailing whitespace	`String`
`to_number()`	Parse the string as a number, or NaN on failure	`Number`