Text Values

In M, text values are sequences of characters, which are used to represent text data.

Structure

Text values in M are indicated by “ “

Examples

“Basketball”
“23”
“November 9, 1993”

Related Functions

Because all non-abstract, non-structured value kinds except for null can be converted to and from text values, it’s not surprising that there are 45 text-related functions, spread over the following categories:

• Conversion and Creation – Functions that create text characters and values, and to convert them to other kinds of values
• Extraction and Position – Functions that determine the position of characters within text values, and to extract different subsets from within text values
• Formatting – Functions that clean unwanted characters, and to control text case and other formatting characteristics
• Information – Functions that determine length and contents of text values
• Transformation...