//declare, define and manipulate strings
{
	var string: String = "Hello World";
	assert string[5] == " ", "String indexing failed";

	var greeting: String = string[0:5];
	assert greeting == "Hello", "String slicing failed";

	var parting: String = "Goodbye " .. string[6:5];
	print parting;
	assert parting == "Goodbye World", "String concat from an index failed";

	//WARN: Unbounded slice not possible without indexing from the end of a string
	//var simple: String = parting[5:-1];
	//assert simple == "bye World", "String unbounded slice failed";
}

//var greeting: String = "Hello World";
//var parting: String = "Goodbye " .. greeting[6:5];

//String attributes
{
	var string: String = "Hello World";
	assert string.length == 11, "string.length failed";
	assert string.asUpper == "HELLO WORLD", "string.asUpper failed";
	assert string.asLower == "hello world", "string.asLower failed";
}