# Strings

Strings are essentially lists of (Unicode) characters and therefore many functions that operate
on lists can also be used with strings:

::value[Prelude/+, Prelude/sum, Prelude/length, Prelude/take, Prelude/drop, Prelude/sub]

Strings have currently their own function for accessing indivial characters
(but in the future they may also support `!` operator). 

::value[Prelude/charAt]

The following operations are often useful for