ligo/gitlab-pages/docs/language-basics/strings.md

---
id: strings
title: Strings
---



Strings are defined using the built-in `string` type like this:

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```
const a: string = "Hello Alice";
```
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```
let a: string = "Hello Alice"
```
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```reasonligo
let a: string = "Hello Alice";
```
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## Concatenating strings

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Strings can be concatenated using the `^` operator.

```pascaligo
const name: string = "Alice";
const greeting: string = "Hello";
// Hello Alice
const full_greeting: string = greeting ^ " " ^ name;
// Hello Alice! (alternatively)
const full_greeting_exclamation: string = string_concat(full_greeting, "!");
```
<!--Cameligo-->
Strings can be concatenated using the `^` operator.

```cameligo
let name: string = "Alice"
let greeting: string = "Hello"
let full_greeting: string = greeting ^ " " ^ name
```
<!--ReasonLIGO-->
Strings can be concatenated using the `++` operator.

```reasonligo
let name: string = "Alice";
let greeting: string = "Hello";
let full_greeting: string = greeting ++ " " ++ name;
```
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## Slicing strings

Strings can be sliced using the syntax specific built-in built-in function:

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<!--Pascaligo-->
```pascaligo
const name: string = "Alice";
// slice = "A"
const slice: string = string_slice(0n, 1n, name);
```
<!--Cameligo-->
```cameligo
let name: string = "Alice"
let slice: string = String.slice 0n 1n name
```
<!--ReasonLIGO-->
```reasonligo
let name: string = "Alice";
let slice: string = String.slice(0n, 1n, name);
```
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> ⚠️ Notice that the `offset` and slice `length` are `nats`

## Aquiring the length of a string

The length of a string can be found using the syntax specific built-in function:

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<!--Pascaligo-->
```pascaligo
const name: string = "Alice";
// length = 5
const length: nat = size(name);
```
<!--Cameligo-->
```cameligo
let name: string = "Alice"
let length: nat = String.size name
```
<!--ReasonLIGO-->
```reasonligo
let name: string = "Alice";
let length: nat = String.size(name);
```
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