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Version: 25.2

empty

Constant

The word empty is a constant whose value is "" – an empty string containing no characters. In SenseTalk, empty is used a lot. It is the value that is usually returned any time there is no value to return from a function or expression. For example, these expressions will all result in an empty value:

  character 9 of "hello"
  item 6 of (1,3,5,9)
  property "age" of (name:"Fred", occupation:"Zookeeper")

Keyword

  • an empty list
  • an empty object
  • an empty property list
  • new empty object