2 files changed, 8 insertions, 8 deletions

diff --git a/core/string/ustring.cpp b/core/string/ustring.cpp
index 9be7c04158..90b0986d24 100644
--- a/core/string/ustring.cpp
+++ b/core/string/ustring.cpp
@@ -1105,7 +1105,7 @@ String String::get_with_code_lines() const {
 	return ret;
 }
 
-int String::get_slice_count(String p_splitter) const {
+int String::get_slice_count(const String &p_splitter) const {
 	if (is_empty()) {
 		return 0;
 	}
@@ -1124,7 +1124,7 @@ int String::get_slice_count(String p_splitter) const {
 	return slices;
 }
 
-String String::get_slice(String p_splitter, int p_slice) const {
+String String::get_slice(const String &p_splitter, int p_slice) const {
 	if (is_empty() || p_splitter.is_empty()) {
 		return "";
 	}
@@ -3495,7 +3495,7 @@ bool String::matchn(const String &p_wildcard) const {
 	return _wildcard_match(p_wildcard.get_data(), get_data(), false);
 }
 
-String String::format(const Variant &values, String placeholder) const {
+String String::format(const Variant &values, const String &placeholder) const {
 	String new_string = String(this->ptr());
 
 	if (values.get_type() == Variant::ARRAY) {
@@ -5167,7 +5167,7 @@ String String::sprintf(const Array &values, bool *error) const {
 	return formatted;
 }
 
-String String::quote(String quotechar) const {
+String String::quote(const String &quotechar) const {
 	return quotechar + *this + quotechar;
 }
 
diff --git a/core/string/ustring.h b/core/string/ustring.h
index f45392eee1..9148561bdf 100644
--- a/core/string/ustring.h
+++ b/core/string/ustring.h
@@ -299,7 +299,7 @@ public:
 	bool is_quoted() const;
 	Vector<String> bigrams() const;
 	float similarity(const String &p_string) const;
-	String format(const Variant &values, String placeholder = "{_}") const;
+	String format(const Variant &values, const String &placeholder = "{_}") const;
 	String replace_first(const String &p_key, const String &p_with) const;
 	String replace(const String &p_key, const String &p_with) const;
 	String replace(const char *p_key, const char *p_with) const;
@@ -315,7 +315,7 @@ public:
 	String lpad(int min_length, const String &character = " ") const;
 	String rpad(int min_length, const String &character = " ") const;
 	String sprintf(const Array &values, bool *error) const;
-	String quote(String quotechar = "\"") const;
+	String quote(const String &quotechar = "\"") const;
 	String unquote() const;
 	static String num(double p_num, int p_decimals = -1);
 	static String num_scientific(double p_num);
@@ -349,8 +349,8 @@ public:
 	String to_snake_case() const;
 
 	String get_with_code_lines() const;
-	int get_slice_count(String p_splitter) const;
-	String get_slice(String p_splitter, int p_slice) const;
+	int get_slice_count(const String &p_splitter) const;
+	String get_slice(const String &p_splitter, int p_slice) const;
 	String get_slicec(char32_t p_splitter, int p_slice) const;
 
 	Vector<String> split(const String &p_splitter = "", bool p_allow_empty = true, int p_maxsplit = 0) const;