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filled out a proper class template for the Strings class

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[[Category:Lua]]
Strings '''class''': ('''Inheritance''': ''[[Lua:Class:Object|Object]]'')

Mostly an abstract class.

== Properties ==
; Text : string
: All the strings as one string.

; Count : number
: The number of strings in this list.

; String[] : string
: Array to access one specific string in the list.

== Methods ==
; clear()
: Deletes all strings in the list.

; add(string)
: Adds a string to the list.

; delete(index)
: Deletes a string from the list at the index given.

; getText() : string
: Returns all the strings as one string.

; setText()
: Sets the strings of the list to the given text (can be multi-line).

; indexOf(string) : index
: Returns the index of the first instance of the specified string.
: Returns -1 if not found.

; insert(index, string)
: Inserts a string at a specific spot moving the items after it.

; getCount() : number
: Returns the number of strings in the list.

; remove(string)
: Removes the first instance of the given string from the list.

; loadFromFile(filename) : boolean
: Loads the strings from a text file.

; saveToFile(filename) : boolean
: Saves the strings to a text file.

; getString(index) : string
: Gets the string at the given index.

; setString(index, string)
: Replaces the string at the given index.

{{LuaSeeAlso}}

=== Related Classes ===
* [[Lua:Class:Object|Object]]

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 ===Examples===
-<pre>
+<syntaxhighlight lang="lua" line>
 local strings = createStringList()
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 strings.destroy()
-</pre>
+</syntaxhighlight>
-<pre>
+<syntaxhighlight lang="lua" line>
 local strings = createStringList()
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 strings.destroy()
-</pre>
+</syntaxhighlight>
-<pre>
+<syntaxhighlight lang="lua" line>
 local strings = createStringList()
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 strings.destroy()
-</pre>
+</syntaxhighlight>
-<pre>
+<syntaxhighlight lang="lua" line>
 local strings = createStringList()
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 strings.destroy()
-</pre>
+</syntaxhighlight>
-<pre>
+<syntaxhighlight lang="lua" line>
 local strings = createStringList()
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 strings.destroy()
-</pre>
+</syntaxhighlight>
 ===Notes===