String

Strings in CrossBasic represent sequences of Unicode characters. They are enclosed in double quotes (").

  • Declaration & Initialization
Dim name As String
name = "CrossBasic"

Dim greeting As String = "Hello, " + name + "!"
  • Concatenation Use the + operator to join strings:
Dim first As String = "Cross"
Dim second As String = "Basic"
Dim combined As String = first + second      // "CrossBasic"
  • Common String Functions
Function Description Example
Len(s) Returns the length of s Len("Hi") → 2
Left(s, n) First n characters of s Left("Basic", 3) → "Bas"
Right(s, n) Last n characters of s Right("Basic", 2) → "ic"
Mid(s, i, [n]) n chars from position i (1‑based) Mid("CrossBasic", 6, 5) → "Basic"
Instr(s, sub) Position of sub in s Instr("Hello", "l") → 3
Replace(s, old, new) Replace all old with new in s Replace("a-b-a", "a", "x") → "x-b-x"
Split(s, delim) Returns array of substrings split by delim Dim arr = Split("a,b,c", ",")
Join(arr, delim) Joins array of strings into one string Join({"a","b"}, "-") → "a-b"