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 A “string constant” consists of a sequence of characters enclosed in
 either double-quote or single-quote marks.  For example, both of the
 following expressions
 
      "parrot"
      'parrot'
 
 represent the string whose contents are ‘parrot’.  Strings in Octave can
 be of any length.
 
    Since the single-quote mark is also used for the transpose operator
 (Arithmetic Ops) but double-quote marks have no other purpose in
 Octave, it is best to use double-quote marks to denote strings.
 
    Strings can be concatenated using the notation for defining matrices.
 For example, the expression
 
      [ "foo" , "bar" , "baz" ]
 
 produces the string whose contents are ‘foobarbaz’.  Numeric Data
 Types, for more information about creating matrices.
 

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· Escape Sequences in String Constants
· Character Arrays
· Creating Strings
· Comparing Strings
· Manipulating Strings
· String Conversions
· Character Class Functions
 

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