pxt-core/common-docs/reference/text.md

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# Text

Functions to combine, split, and search text strings.

```cards
"".charAt(0)
"".compare("")
"".substr(0, 0)
parseFloat("")
"".indexOf("")
"".includes("")
"".split(",")
"".isEmpty()
"".charAt(0)
"".charCodeAt(0)
```

## See also

[char at](/reference/text/char-at), [compare](/reference/text/compare),
[substr](/reference/text/substr), [parse float](/reference/text/parse-float),
[index of](/reference/text/index-of), [includes](/reference/text/includes),
[split](/reference/text/split), [is empty](/reference/text/is-empty),
[char-at](/reference/text/char-at), [char-code-at](/reference/text/char-code-at)