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Modifying strings with Lingo

As time passes or other conditions change, you may want to update and change text. For example, you may want to frequently update a text sprite that displays the user's name or a description of a musical selection that the user is currently streaming from a Web site.

| To set the entire content of a text or field cast member, set the `text` cast member property to a new chunk of text. The chunk can be a string or another text cast member. See `text`.
| To combine character strings, use the `&` and`&&` operators. The `&` operator attaches the second string to the end of the first string. The `&&` operator includes a space between two strings when they are combined. See `& (concatenator)` and `&& (concatenator)`.
| To insert a string of characters into another string, use the `put...after`, `put...into`, or `put...before` command. The `put...before` command places the string at the beginning of another string. The `put...into` command replaces a specified chunk expression with another chunk expression. The `put...after` command places the string at the end of another string. See `put...after`, `put...before`, and `put...into`.
| To delete a chunk expression from a string of text, use the `delete` command. See `delete`.