September Morn Update

Task/Binary-strings/Julia/binary-strings.julia

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+# String assignment. Creation and garbage collection are automatic.
+a = "123\x00 abc "  # strings can contain bytes that are not printable in the local font
+b = "456" * '\x09'
+c = "789"
+println(a)
+println(b)
+println(c)
+
+# string comparison
+println("(a == b) is $(a == b)")
+
+# String copying.
+A = a
+B = b
+C = c
+println(A)
+println(B)
+println(C)
+
+# check if string is empty
+if length(a) == 0
+println("string a is empty")
+else
+println("string a is not empty")
+end
+
+# append a byte (actually this is a Char in Julia, and may also be up to 32 bit Unicode) to a string
+a= a * '\x64'
+println(a)
+
+# extract a substring from string
+e = a[1:6]
+println(e)
+
+# repeat strings with ^
+b4 = b ^ 4
+println(b4)
+
+# Replace every occurrence of a string in another string with third string
+r = replace(b4, "456" => "xyz")
+println(r)
+
+# join strings with *
+d = a * b * c
+println(d)