Built-in string class. This is the built-in string class (and the one used by GDScript). It supports Unicode and provides all necessary means for string handling. Strings are reference-counted and use a copy-on-write approach, so passing them around is cheap in resources. https://docs.godotengine.org/en/latest/getting_started/scripting/gdscript/gdscript_format_string.html Constructs an empty [String] ([code]""[/code]). Constructs a [String] as a copy of the given [String]. Constructs a new String from the given [NodePath]. Constructs a new String from the given [StringName]. Returns [code]true[/code] if the string begins with the given string. Returns the bigrams (pairs of consecutive letters) of this string. Converts a string containing a binary number into an integer. Binary strings can either be prefixed with [code]0b[/code] or not, and they can also start with a [code]-[/code] before the optional prefix. [codeblocks] [gdscript] print("0x101".bin_to_int()) # Prints "5". print("101".bin_to_int()) # Prints "5". [/gdscript] [csharp] GD.Print("0x101".BinToInt()); // Prints "5". GD.Print("101".BinToInt()); // Prints "5". [/csharp] [/codeblocks] Returns a copy of the string with special characters escaped using the C language standard. Returns a copy of the string with escaped characters replaced by their meanings. Supported escape sequences are [code]\'[/code], [code]\"[/code], [code]\?[/code], [code]\\[/code], [code]\a[/code], [code]\b[/code], [code]\f[/code], [code]\n[/code], [code]\r[/code], [code]\t[/code], [code]\v[/code]. [b]Note:[/b] Unlike the GDScript parser, this method doesn't support the [code]\uXXXX[/code] escape sequence. Changes the case of some letters. Replaces underscores with spaces, adds spaces before in-word uppercase characters, converts all letters to lowercase, then capitalizes the first letter and every letter following a space character. For [code]capitalize camelCase mixed_with_underscores[/code], it will return [code]Capitalize Camel Case Mixed With Underscores[/code]. Performs a case-sensitive comparison to another string. Returns [code]-1[/code] if less than, [code]1[/code] if greater than, or [code]0[/code] if equal. "less than" or "greater than" are determined by the [url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Unicode_characters]Unicode code points[/code] of each string, which roughly matches the alphabetical order. [b]Behavior with different string lengths:[/b] Returns [code]1[/code] if the "base" string is longer than the [code]to[/code] string or [code]-1[/code] if the "base" string is shorter than the [code]to[/code] string. Keep in mind this length is determined by the number of Unicode codepoints, [i]not[/i] the actual visible characters. [b]Behavior with empty strings:[/b] Returns [code]-1[/code] if the "base" string is empty, [code]1[/code] if the [code]to[/code] string is empty or [code]0[/code] if both strings are empty. To get a boolean result from a string comparison, use the [code]==[/code] operator instead. See also [method nocasecmp_to] and [method naturalnocasecmp_to]. Returns the number of occurrences of substring [code]what[/code] between [code]from[/code] and [code]to[/code] positions. If [code]from[/code] and [code]to[/code] equals 0 the whole string will be used. If only [code]to[/code] equals 0 the remained substring will be used. Returns the number of occurrences of substring [code]what[/code] (ignoring case) between [code]from[/code] and [code]to[/code] positions. If [code]from[/code] and [code]to[/code] equals 0 the whole string will be used. If only [code]to[/code] equals 0 the remained substring will be used. Returns a copy of the string with indentation (leading tabs and spaces) removed. Returns [code]true[/code] if the string ends with the given string. Returns the index of the [b]first[/b] case-sensitive occurrence of the specified string in this instance, or [code]-1[/code]. Optionally, the starting search index can be specified, continuing to the end of the string. [b]Note:[/b] If you just want to know whether a string contains a substring, use the [code]in[/code] operator as follows: [codeblocks] [gdscript] print("i" in "team") # Will print `false`. [/gdscript] [csharp] // C# has no in operator, but we can use `Contains()`. GD.Print("team".Contains("i")); // Will print `false`. [/csharp] [/codeblocks] Returns the index of the [b]first[/b] case-insensitive occurrence of the specified string in this instance, or [code]-1[/code]. Optionally, the starting search index can be specified, continuing to the end of the string. Formats the string by replacing all occurrences of [code]placeholder[/code] with [code]values[/code]. If the string is a valid file path, returns the base directory name. If the string is a valid file path, returns the full file path without the extension. If the string is a valid file path, returns the extension. If the string is a valid file path, returns the filename. Hashes the string and returns a 32-bit integer. Converts a string containing a hexadecimal number into an integer. Hexadecimal strings can either be prefixed with [code]0x[/code] or not, and they can also start with a [code]-[/code] before the optional prefix. [codeblocks] [gdscript] print("0xff".hex_to_int()) # Prints "255". print("ab".hex_to_int()) # Prints "171". [/gdscript] [csharp] GD.Print("0xff".HexToInt()); // Prints "255". GD.Print("ab".HexToInt()); // Prints "171". [/csharp] [/codeblocks] Returns a copy of the string with the substring [code]what[/code] inserted at the given position. If the string is a path to a file or directory, returns [code]true[/code] if the path is absolute. Returns [code]true[/code] if the length of the string equals [code]0[/code]. If the string is a path to a file or directory, returns [code]true[/code] if the path is relative. Returns [code]true[/code] if this string is a subsequence of the given string. Returns [code]true[/code] if this string is a subsequence of the given string, without considering case. Returns [code]true[/code] if this string is free from characters that aren't allowed in file names, those being: [code]: / \ ? * " | % < >[/code] Returns [code]true[/code] if this string contains a valid float. Returns [code]true[/code] if this string contains a valid hexadecimal number. If [code]with_prefix[/code] is [code]true[/code], then a validity of the hexadecimal number is determined by [code]0x[/code] prefix, for instance: [code]0xDEADC0DE[/code]. Returns [code]true[/code] if this string contains a valid color in hexadecimal HTML notation. Other HTML notations such as named colors or [code]hsl()[/code] colors aren't considered valid by this method and will return [code]false[/code]. Returns [code]true[/code] if this string is a valid identifier. A valid identifier may contain only letters, digits and underscores ([code]_[/code]) and the first character may not be a digit. Returns [code]true[/code] if this string contains a valid integer. Returns [code]true[/code] if this string contains only a well-formatted IPv4 or IPv6 address. This method considers [url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reserved_IP_addresses]reserved IP addresses[/url] such as [code]0.0.0.0[/code] as valid. Return a [String] which is the concatenation of the [code]parts[/code]. The separator between elements is the string providing this method. Example: [codeblocks] [gdscript] print(", ".join(["One", "Two", "Three", "Four"])) [/gdscript] [csharp] GD.Print(String.Join(",", new string[] {"One", "Two", "Three", "Four"})); [/csharp] [/codeblocks] Returns a copy of the string with special characters escaped using the JSON standard. Returns a number of characters from the left of the string. Returns the string's amount of characters. Formats a string to be at least [code]min_length[/code] long by adding [code]character[/code]s to the left of the string. Returns a copy of the string with characters removed from the left. The [code]chars[/code] argument is a string specifying the set of characters to be removed. [b]Note:[/b] The [code]chars[/code] is not a prefix. See [method trim_prefix] method that will remove a single prefix string rather than a set of characters. Does a simple case-sensitive expression match, where [code]"*"[/code] matches zero or more arbitrary characters and [code]"?"[/code] matches any single character except a period ([code]"."[/code]). Does a simple case-insensitive expression match, where [code]"*"[/code] matches zero or more arbitrary characters and [code]"?"[/code] matches any single character except a period ([code]"."[/code]). Returns the MD5 hash of the string as an array of bytes. Returns the MD5 hash of the string as a string. Performs a case-insensitive [i]natural order[/i] comparison to another string. Returns [code]-1[/code] if less than, [code]1[/code] if greater than, or [code]0[/code] if equal. "less than" or "greater than" are determined by the [url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Unicode_characters]Unicode code points[/code] of each string, which roughly matches the alphabetical order. Internally, lowercase characters will be converted to uppercase during the comparison. When used for sorting, natural order comparison will order suites of numbers as expected by most people. If you sort the numbers from 1 to 10 using natural order, you will get [code][1, 2, 3, ...][/code] instead of [code][1, 10, 2, 3, ...][/code]. [b]Behavior with different string lengths:[/b] Returns [code]1[/code] if the "base" string is longer than the [code]to[/code] string or [code]-1[/code] if the "base" string is shorter than the [code]to[/code] string. Keep in mind this length is determined by the number of Unicode codepoints, [i]not[/i] the actual visible characters. [b]Behavior with empty strings:[/b] Returns [code]-1[/code] if the "base" string is empty, [code]1[/code] if the [code]to[/code] string is empty or [code]0[/code] if both strings are empty. To get a boolean result from a string comparison, use the [code]==[/code] operator instead. See also [method nocasecmp_to] and [method casecmp_to]. Performs a case-insensitive comparison to another string. Returns [code]-1[/code] if less than, [code]1[/code] if greater than, or [code]0[/code] if equal. "less than" or "greater than" are determined by the [url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Unicode_characters]Unicode code points[/code] of each string, which roughly matches the alphabetical order. Internally, lowercase characters will be converted to uppercase during the comparison. [b]Behavior with different string lengths:[/b] Returns [code]1[/code] if the "base" string is longer than the [code]to[/code] string or [code]-1[/code] if the "base" string is shorter than the [code]to[/code] string. Keep in mind this length is determined by the number of Unicode codepoints, [i]not[/i] the actual visible characters. [b]Behavior with empty strings:[/b] Returns [code]-1[/code] if the "base" string is empty, [code]1[/code] if the [code]to[/code] string is empty or [code]0[/code] if both strings are empty. To get a boolean result from a string comparison, use the [code]==[/code] operator instead. See also [method casecmp_to] and [method naturalnocasecmp_to]. Formats a number to have an exact number of [code]digits[/code] after the decimal point. Formats a number to have an exact number of [code]digits[/code] before the decimal point. If the string is a path, this concatenates [code]file[/code] at the end of the string as a subpath. E.g. [code]"this/is".plus_file("path") == "this/is/path"[/code]. Returns original string repeated a number of times. The number of repetitions is given by the argument. Replaces occurrences of a case-sensitive substring with the given one inside the string. Replaces occurrences of a case-insensitive substring with the given one inside the string. Returns the index of the [b]last[/b] case-sensitive occurrence of the specified string in this instance, or [code]-1[/code]. Optionally, the starting search index can be specified, continuing to the beginning of the string. Returns the index of the [b]last[/b] case-insensitive occurrence of the specified string in this instance, or [code]-1[/code]. Optionally, the starting search index can be specified, continuing to the beginning of the string. Returns the right side of the string from a given position. Formats a string to be at least [code]min_length[/code] long by adding [code]character[/code]s to the right of the string. Splits the string by a [code]delimiter[/code] string and returns an array of the substrings, starting from right. The splits in the returned array are sorted in the same order as the original string, from left to right. If [code]maxsplit[/code] is specified, it defines the number of splits to do from the right up to [code]maxsplit[/code]. The default value of 0 means that all items are split, thus giving the same result as [method split]. Example: [codeblocks] [gdscript] var some_string = "One,Two,Three,Four" var some_array = some_string.rsplit(",", true, 1) print(some_array.size()) # Prints 2 print(some_array[0]) # Prints "Four" print(some_array[1]) # Prints "Three,Two,One" [/gdscript] [csharp] // There is no Rsplit. [/csharp] [/codeblocks] Returns a copy of the string with characters removed from the right. The [code]chars[/code] argument is a string specifying the set of characters to be removed. [b]Note:[/b] The [code]chars[/code] is not a suffix. See [method trim_suffix] method that will remove a single suffix string rather than a set of characters. Returns the SHA-1 hash of the string as an array of bytes. Returns the SHA-1 hash of the string as a string. Returns the SHA-256 hash of the string as an array of bytes. Returns the SHA-256 hash of the string as a string. Returns the similarity index of the text compared to this string. 1 means totally similar and 0 means totally dissimilar. Splits the string by a [code]delimiter[/code] string and returns an array of the substrings. The [code]delimiter[/code] can be of any length. If [code]maxsplit[/code] is specified, it defines the number of splits to do from the left up to [code]maxsplit[/code]. The default value of [code]0[/code] means that all items are split. Example: [codeblocks] [gdscript] var some_string = "One,Two,Three,Four" var some_array = some_string.split(",", true, 1) print(some_array.size()) # Prints 2 print(some_array[0]) # Prints "Four" print(some_array[1]) # Prints "Three,Two,One" [/gdscript] [csharp] var someString = "One,Two,Three,Four"; var someArray = someString.Split(",", true); // This is as close as it gets to Godots API. GD.Print(someArray[0]); // Prints "Four" GD.Print(someArray[1]); // Prints "Three,Two,One" [/csharp] [/codeblocks] If you need to split strings with more complex rules, use the [RegEx] class instead. Splits the string in floats by using a delimiter string and returns an array of the substrings. For example, [code]"1,2.5,3"[/code] will return [code][1,2.5,3][/code] if split by [code]","[/code]. Returns a copy of the string stripped of any non-printable character (including tabulations, spaces and line breaks) at the beginning and the end. The optional arguments are used to toggle stripping on the left and right edges respectively. Returns a copy of the string stripped of any escape character. These include all non-printable control characters of the first page of the ASCII table (< 32), such as tabulation ([code]\t[/code] in C) and newline ([code]\n[/code] and [code]\r[/code]) characters, but not spaces. Returns part of the string from the position [code]from[/code] with length [code]len[/code]. Argument [code]len[/code] is optional and using [code]-1[/code] will return remaining characters from given position. Converts the String (which is a character array) to ASCII/Latin-1 encoded [PackedByteArray] (which is an array of bytes). The conversion is faster compared to [method to_utf8_buffer], as this method assumes that all the characters in the String are ASCII/Latin-1 characters, unsupported characters are replaced with spaces. Converts a string containing a decimal number into a [code]float[/code]. Converts a string containing an integer number into an [code]int[/code]. Returns the string converted to lowercase. Returns the string converted to uppercase. Converts the String (which is an array of characters) to UTF-16 encoded [PackedByteArray] (which is an array of bytes). Converts the String (which is an array of characters) to UTF-32 encoded [PackedByteArray] (which is an array of bytes). Converts the String (which is an array of characters) to UTF-8 encode [PackedByteArray] (which is an array of bytes). The conversion is a bit slower than [method to_ascii_buffer], but supports all UTF-8 characters. Therefore, you should prefer this function over [method to_ascii_buffer]. Removes a given string from the start if it starts with it or leaves the string unchanged. Removes a given string from the end if it ends with it or leaves the string unchanged. Returns the character code at position [code]at[/code]. Decodes a string in URL encoded format. This is meant to decode parameters in a URL when receiving an HTTP request. [codeblocks] [gdscript] print("https://example.org/?escaped=" + "Godot%20Engine%3A%27docs%27".uri_decode()) [/gdscript] [csharp] GD.Print("https://example.org/?escaped=" + "Godot%20Engine%3a%27Docs%27".URIDecode()); [/csharp] [/codeblocks] Encodes a string to URL friendly format. This is meant to encode parameters in a URL when sending an HTTP request. [codeblocks] [gdscript] print("https://example.org/?escaped=" + "Godot Engine:'docs'".uri_encode()) [/gdscript] [csharp] GD.Print("https://example.org/?escaped=" + "Godot Engine:'docs'".URIEncode()); [/csharp] [/codeblocks] Returns a copy of the string with special characters escaped using the XML standard. If [code]escape_quotes[/code] is [code]true[/code], the single quote ([code]'[/code]) and double quote ([code]"[/code]) characters are also escaped. Returns a copy of the string with escaped characters replaced by their meanings according to the XML standard.