String variables

[tischi]

@manerotoni

Will you explain in variables what a String is?

If not, we have to explain it in string concat.

My instinct would be to explain the most common types of variables (including strings) in the module about variables. What do you think?

[manerotoni]

I can. The variable module is still draft stage, but it make sense to explain what different variables we can have.

I feel I should also show some more advanced languages, to point that depending on the language you declare a type too. This is technical but quite important.

Numbers, strings, ..

[tischi]

I feel I should also show some more advanced languages, to point that depending on the language you declare a type too. This is technical but quite important.

Yes, good idea!

[tischi]

@manerotoni @AnniekStok I added more stuff to the String concat module:

activity_preface: |
  - Open a script editor.
  - Define three variables with values `"Analyzing image"`, `11` and `"..."`.
  - Concatenate the variables to create the string: `"Analyzing image 11..."`.
    - Tip: You'll need another space character
  - Print the string that separates folders on your operating system
    - Tip: Use an in-built function for this
  - Print the string `\`
    - Depending on the scripting language that may be a little challenge.
    - Print the string `"\"` (it should actually print the quotation marks!)
  - Create a string with two sentences and a line break.

Should we rename it? Maybe to Working with Strings?

[manerotoni]

Yes maybe working with strings is more appropriate than just string concat. Anything like getting file names etc is working with strings.