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Modifying strings with Lingo
As time passes or other conditions change, you might want to update and change text. For
example, you might want to frequently update a text sprite that displays the user’s name or a
description of a musical selection that the user is currently streaming from a website. See
individual entries in the Lingo Dictionary.
• To set the entire content of a text or field cast member, set the text cast member property to a
new chunk of text. The chunk can be a string or another text cast member.
• To combine character strings, use the & and && operators. The & operator attaches the second
string to the end of the first string. The
&& operator includes a space between two strings when
they are combined.
• To insert a string of characters into another string, use the put...after, put...into, or
put...before command. The put...before command places the string at the beginning of
another string. The
put...into command replaces a specified chunk expression with another
chunk expression. The
put...after command places the string at the end of another string.
• To delete a chunk expression from a string of text, use the delete command.