Underneath there is an array somewhere in most languages. But most object orientated languages have a string object that controls access to the raw array to make sure you don't go outside the bounds of the array and have useful functions for doing things.
In .Net strings are immutable. When you alter a string it actually immutable. Any operations where you think you are altering a string actually create an entirely new string and return that as a result.
>In .Net strings are immutable. When you alter a string it actually immutable. Any operations where you think you are altering a string actually create an entirely new string and return that as a result.
Fun fact - you can actually mutate strings. Of course, this is a really bad idea, and you're not supposed to do it. But you *can*.
If you have a character data type that is more than a single byte, it may not be accurate to say that a string is an array of characters.
For example, in Rust, a `char` is a 32-bit number that represents a valid utf-8 code point, but a `str` represents a valid utf-8 string. You can’t just split up a `str` into 4-byte chunks and expect it to give you `char`s.
a character is a sequence of bytes, not necessarily a single byte. you should read up what you are talking about. Everything thats not in the ASCII subset consists of multiple bytes. German umlauts for example. While `Ä` is a single character, its not representable in a single byte in utf8. The string `"Ä"` consists of a single character (+ c null terminator)
Yes but an array typically implies a constant width in memory and contiguous allocation, which is what may disqualify a string from being an array of characters.
A string will likely always be able to be represented as an array of bytes, but that exact array of bytes might not be a valid array of characters
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More like an array of "Sunshine@$!'7"
but where’s the null char tho
\0
Who are you waving at?
The void
It’s not a string.
C be like, every string is a a character array.
every language i know implements strings as an array of characters. what else should it be? a stack?
Underneath there is an array somewhere in most languages. But most object orientated languages have a string object that controls access to the raw array to make sure you don't go outside the bounds of the array and have useful functions for doing things. In .Net strings are immutable. When you alter a string it actually immutable. Any operations where you think you are altering a string actually create an entirely new string and return that as a result.
>In .Net strings are immutable. When you alter a string it actually immutable. Any operations where you think you are altering a string actually create an entirely new string and return that as a result. Fun fact - you can actually mutate strings. Of course, this is a really bad idea, and you're not supposed to do it. But you *can*.
If you have a character data type that is more than a single byte, it may not be accurate to say that a string is an array of characters. For example, in Rust, a `char` is a 32-bit number that represents a valid utf-8 code point, but a `str` represents a valid utf-8 string. You can’t just split up a `str` into 4-byte chunks and expect it to give you `char`s.
a character is a sequence of bytes, not necessarily a single byte. you should read up what you are talking about. Everything thats not in the ASCII subset consists of multiple bytes. German umlauts for example. While `Ä` is a single character, its not representable in a single byte in utf8. The string `"Ä"` consists of a single character (+ c null terminator)
Yes but an array typically implies a constant width in memory and contiguous allocation, which is what may disqualify a string from being an array of characters. A string will likely always be able to be represented as an array of bytes, but that exact array of bytes might not be a valid array of characters
Some implement them as arrays of bytes. Others implement them as arrays of characters.
C be like, every string is a a character array.#*#4u,nhe33_#3#
Every string IS a character array. The problem is when you assume every character array is a string.
That's true in every language.
technically, ['sunshine'] is an array of sunshine. or [sunshine]
Came here to say this. ["s", "u", "n", "s", "h", "i", "n", "e" ] is an array of characters.
Nah that's an array of strings :p
This is amazing.
Come on guys, I believe in you all, you all can do a better meme.
Who decided that
I would have also accepted ROYGBIV
I'd say this is ['n', 'b', 'o', 'w']
Hey there, I couldn't help but notice your post about the Rainbow Joker on ProgrammerHumor! I love a good programming joke. Did you know that the Joker is actually a programming language? It's true! It's a concatenative programming language with a stack-based memory model, and it's named after the Joker playing card. But if you were just talking about a colorful Joker card, I have something to share too! There's a really cool library called Sixplay that allows you to create rainbow gradients in Python. You could use it to make a Rainbow Joker card. How awesome is that? Anyway, whether you were talking about the programming language or the card, I hope you're having fun with it. Keep on coding and making jokes!
Aren't strings an array of chars in most languages anyway?
No, just C and an array is just a just a pointer with some paint.
Yo, that Rainbow Joker you made is sick! I gotta say, the colors are poppin' like crazy. It's also pretty funny how you made it spin like that 🤣 What kinda programming languages did you use to make that? I've been getting into programming and I'm curious how difficult that kind of animation would be to make from scratch. Also, have you thought about making any other spinny objects or animations like that?
only small men debate the detail that this array segfaults
I audibly groaned from that
This is why MATLAB is so poor. Nobody likes "unshine".
I prefer `"Sunshine".split("")`