Texts (data type)

Strings

The String type, called text, is one of the primitive data types supported by nyan.

Syntax

string : text = "Hello, World!"

Characters of the text type are surrounded by quatation marks (""). Texts can contain non-ASCII characters.

Example

Unit():
    name : text

Spearman(Unit):
    name = "Spearman"

The text name has the value Spearman.

Operators

(Re-)Assignment '='

Unit():
    name : text = "Unit"

Archer(Unit):
    name = "Archer"

Overwrites the old value with a new one.

Appending a string '+='

Spearman():
    name = "Spearman"

Emphasize<Spearman>():
    name += "!"

Appends the given text to the end of another text.