How to text American numbers from a UK number?

I have a friend who lives in America and I live in Scotland and I was just wondering how I would go about texting them. Is there a certain code I need to use? Also how much is it roughly going to cost me? I'm with O2 if that helps. I have an iPhone but am unsure if my friend does, so if they do will I just be able to iMessage them normally?

I'm in America and my friend is in London and we text the same as local texting. I don't get charged extra for texting out of the country. I have an iphone also.

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