© Pradeeka Seneviratne  2019
Pradeeka SeneviratneBBC micro:bit Recipeshttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-4913-0_4

4. Working with Text

Pradeeka Seneviratne1 
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Udumulla, Mulleriyawa, Sri Lanka
 

MakeCode has many blocks to offer when it comes to manipulating text strings. In this chapter you will learn how to find the length of a text, joining together any number of pieces of text, comparing two strings, extracting a part from a string, converting a string to a number, and extracting a character from a string at the specified index.

4-1. Finding the Length of a Text

Problem

You want to find the length of a text.

Solution

  • In the Toolbox, click on the Basic category. Then click and drag the show number block over, and place it inside of the on start block. ...

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