WoW API type: string

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The Lua 'string' type, use in WoW Lua and the WoW API. See WoW Lua for WoW Lua reference. See also values and types for the general reference definition.

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WoW uses 'utf-8' encoding to store text values in Lua strings. Lua itself is generally agnostic about what values are held in the string itself, and uses a defined size rather than a null or 0 terminator for length.