• A pair of double quotation marks ( " " )
  "A quoted string"
• A pair of vertical bars ( | | )
  |A bar string|
• Open and close braces ( { } )
  {A brace string}

|A string
  on two lines|

To include one of the closing delimiter characters ", |, or } as text within a string delimited by that character, double it.

|A bar string with a bar || in it|

The empty string has no characters at all; it is represented by "".

Strings delimited by vertical bars, braces, or double quotation marks cannot be nested.

"A quoted string with {braces} and a bar | in it"
"A quoted string with ""quotes"" in it"
|A bar string with a bar || in it|
{A brace string with {braces}} in it}

See Also

Script and Statement Construction Rules
String data type
Limits on string data representation in LotusScript
Literal number construction rules

Glossary