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Dylan: reference Collection in 'making up a string' section

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reference Collection in 'making up a string' section

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	== Making up a [[string]] ==		== Making up a [[string]] ==
	When multiple <code>char</code> values are collected in an [[array]] or [[list]], they form a ''sequence of characters'' known as a [[string]].		When multiple <code>char</code> values are collected in an [[array]] or [[list]] (or other [[collection]]), they form a ''sequence of characters'' known as a [[string]].

Dylan: replace link to 'character encoding' with link to 'character set'

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replace link to 'character encoding' with link to 'character set'

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	The <code>char</code> (or '''character''') [[data type]] generally stores a single character, represented by a certain [[character ~~encoding~~]].		The <code>char</code> (or '''character''') [[data type]] generally stores a single character, represented by a certain [[character set]].

	== Size of a char ==		== Size of a char ==

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The <code>char</code> (or '''character''') [[data type]] generally stores a single character, represented by a certain [[character encoding]].

== Size of a char ==
Chars are usually between <code>8 bits</code>, but in some languages, are larger:

* '''8-bit''' chars generally only store regular [[ASCII]] characters, or individual [[Byte|bytes]] of a [[UTF-8]] [[unicode]] character (this is the case in the [[C|C programming language]]).
* Other languages such as [[Rust]] instead allow a <code>char</code> to store any [[unicode]] character. In [[Rust]], the <code>char</code> [[data type]] has a size of 4 [[Byte|bytes]], or 32 [[Bit|bits]].

== Making up a [[string]] ==
When multiple <code>char</code> values are collected in an [[array]] or [[list]], they form a ''sequence of characters'' known as a [[string]].