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ActionScript 2.0 Language Reference > ActionScript language elements > Operators > " string delimiter operator

" string delimiter operator

"text"

When used before and after characters, quotation marks (") indicate that the characters have a literal value and are considered a string, not a variable, numerical value, or other ActionScript element.

Availability: ActionScript 1.0; Flash Player 4

Operands

text : String - A sequence of zero or more characters.

Example

The following example uses quotation marks (") to indicate that the value of the variable yourGuess is the literal string "Prince Edward Island" and not the name of a variable. The value of province is a variable, not a literal; to determine the value of province, the value of yourGuess must be located.

var yourGuess:String = "Prince Edward Island"; 
submit_btn.onRelease = function() { trace(yourGuess); }; 
// displays Prince Edward Island

See also

String, String function

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