Declaring Strings

Strings are declared in double quotes. AppleScript makes use of few symbols to understand exactly what the programmer is trying to script.

Script [5.1.1]:

set emptyString to ""
set spaceString to " "
set hello to "Hello World"

Explanation: This will create 3 strings. First an empty String which contains nothing. Second a string which contains just a space and third a string which contains Hello World. Result tab will print Hello World

Figure 5.1.1 Output of String