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The abilty to manipulate alphanumeric data (names, addresses, text, etc.). Typical functions include the ability to handle arrays of strings, to left and right align and center strings and to search ...

At some point, every developer needs to manipulate strings, whether it's to convert data from one format to another or to alphabetize a list. Strings might be a basic part of programming, but using ...

The most common type of data to manipulate in most applications is textual data, which developers usually store in strings. String handling has always been a strong point for the Basic family of ...