──┬─────┬─ <string constant primary> ──────────────────────────────────► └─ * ─┘ ►─┬─────────────────────────────────────────┬─┬──────┬─────────────────► │ ┌◄────────────────────────────────────┐ │ └─ /= ─┘ └─┴─┬─────┬─ <string constant primary> ─┴─┘ ├─ & ─┤ └─ / ─┘ ►─┬───────────────────────────────────┬────────────────────────────────┤ └─ ON ── <string constant primary> ─┘
──┬─ <string constant> ──────────────────────┬─────────────────────────┤ ├─ <string constant identifier> ───────────┤ ├─ <head-tail constant functions> ─────────┤ ├─ <string constant function> ─────────────┤ ├─ <take-drop constant functions> ─────────┤ ├─ <translate constant functions> ─────────┤ └─ ( ── <string constant expression> ── ) ─┘
<head-tail constant functions>
──┬─ HEAD ─┬─ ( ── <string constant expression> ── , ──────────────────► └─ TAIL ─┘ ►─ <character set> ── ) ───────────────────────────────────────────────┤
── STRING ── ( ── <integer constant expression> ── , ──────────────────► ►─┬─ <integer constant expression> ─┬─ ) ──────────────────────────────┤ └─ * ─────────────────────────────┘
──┬─ TAKE ─┬─ ( ── <string constant expression> ── , ──────────────────► └─ DROP ─┘ ►─ <integer constant expression> ──────────────────────────────────────┤
<translate constant functions>
──┬─ UPPERCASE ─┬─ ( ── <string constant expression> ── ) ─────────────┤ └─ LOWERCASE ─┘
Explanation
Refer to String Expressions earlier in this section for explanations of the various kinds of string expressions.