String Data Type

The string value is a chars value. Siebel eScript adds it as a property of the String object. A pair of double or single quotation marks brackets a string. For example:

"I am a string"
'so am I'
"344"

In this example, the 344 string is an array of characters. The number 344 is a value that Siebel eScript can use in a numeric calculation.

To create a string data type, you use the String constructor in the following type of expression:

new

Siebel eScript does one of the following, depending on the context:

• Converts a string to a number

• Converts a number to a string

For more information, see How Siebel eScript Converts Data Types.