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ee.String
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Constructs a new String.
| Usage | Returns | ee.String(string) | String |
| Argument | Type | Details | string | Object|String | A string or a computed object. |
Examples
Code Editor (JavaScript)
print(ee.String('I am a string')); // I am a string
// Strings can use emoji.
print(ee.String('🧲⚡️👀')); // 🧲⚡️👀
// Empty string.
var empty = ee.String('');
print(empty); // ''
print(empty.length()); // 0
Python setup
See the
Python Environment page for information on the Python API and using
geemap for interactive development.
import ee
import geemap.core as geemap
Colab (Python)
print(ee.String('I am a string').getInfo()) # I am a string
# Strings can use emoji.
print(ee.String('🧲⚡️👀').getInfo()) # 🧲⚡️👀
# Empty string.
empty = ee.String('')
print(empty.getInfo()) # ''
print(empty.length().getInfo()) # 0
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Last updated 2023-10-06 UTC.
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