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3.3.5. Commands and Functions for Strings
The following are commands and functions for strings:

  * Ascii -- convert between characters and ascii code
  * Comp -- the N-th component of a list
  * DecimalStr -- convert rational number to decimal string
  * FloatStr, MantissaAndExponent -- convert rational number to a float string
  * Format -- convert object to formatted string
  * IO.SprintTrunc -- convert to a string and truncate
  * IsIn -- check if one object is contained in another
  * Latex -- LaTeX formatting
  * Max, Min -- a maximum or minimum element of a sequence or list
  * More -- print a string, N lines at a time
  * NewId -- create a new identifier
  * OpenIString, OpenOString -- open input or output string
  * Spaces -- return a string of spaces
  * Sprint -- convert to a string
  * Var -- function calls by reference, other complex referencing

Details can be found by looking up each item by name.  Online, try
'?ItemName' or 'H.Syntax("ItemName")'.