What does "string!" mean?

Question

I am trying to modify the popular Energy-skate-park simulation so that it launches with the grids visible. While looking at the code I came across declarations like the following:

var energyEnergyString = require( 'string!ENERGY_SKATE_PARK_BASICS/energy.energy' );

var energyKineticString = require( 
'string!ENERGY_SKATE_PARK_BASICS/energy.kinetic' );

I have no idea what this "string!" followed by some file path means. Is it angular? Is it vanilla JS feature?

Can anyone please guide me to the right direction/documentation to understand these declarations better?

Here's an answer for require.js: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/18512503/can-someone-explain-the-syntax-involved-in-this-require-js-example — Barmar, Mar 02 '18 at 23:57
I dont mind the negative vote if i asked a stupid question. But at the same time explaining or trying to answer my question will help me to not receive more negative points!! Thanks — Yeasir Arafat Majumder, Mar 02 '18 at 23:58

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 02 '18 at 23:58

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This is probably a webpack-loader, in your case, string-loader that transforms the required file to a string.

answered Mar 02 '18 at 23:58

felixmosh

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count it be grunt? In my project i cannot seem to find any reference to webpack. – Yeasir Arafat Majumder Mar 03 '18 at 00:08
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it is a path declaration prefixed with a type, it is not vanilla javascript, it is a plugin library – Matthew Lagerwey Mar 03 '18 at 00:41

What does "string!" mean?

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