string

data type representing a finite sequence of encoded characters
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string

Summary

string is an abstract data type[1]. string has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • string's instance of is recorded as abstract data type[3].
  • string is a type of sequence[4].
  • string is a type of digital data[5].
  • string is a type of data type[6].
  • string's Commons category is recorded as String (computer science)[7].
  • string's said to be the same as is recorded as array data structure[8].
  • string comprises character[9].
  • string's topic's main category is recorded as Category:String (computer science)[10].
  • string's topic has template is recorded as Q7253814[11].
  • string's topic has template is recorded as Module:String2[12].
  • string's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://stackoverflow.com/tags/string[13].
  • string's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://tex.stackexchange.com/tags/strings[14].
  • string's has characteristic is recorded as string length[15].
  • string's has characteristic is recorded as character encoding[16].
  • string's has characteristic is recorded as alphabet[17].
  • string's equivalent class is recorded as https://schema.org/Text[18].
  • string's different from is recorded as String[19].
  • string's different from is recorded as string[20].
  • string's implementation of is recorded as plain text[21].
  • string's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Mathematics[22].

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Designation and Status

string's instance of is recorded as abstract data type[3].

Why It Matters

string has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2] string is known by 45 alternative names across languages and contexts.[23]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  2. [23] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5w ago · YoshiRulz · 2026-07-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Aliases
    Has parts
    Has part(s) character
    Different from String, string
    + 11 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P5178]]: https://abstract.wikipedia.org/wiki/f:Special:MyLanguage/WF:Glossary#string"
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