String

A string is a sequence of characters.

Related concepts:  ValueTypeSequence

Closest Wikipedia entry:  String (computer science) — In computer programming, a string is traditionally a sequence of characters, either as a literal constant or as some kind of variable. The latter may allow its elements to be mutated and the length changed, or it may be fixed (after creation). A string is generally considered as a data type and is often implemented as an array data structure of bytes (or words) that stores a sequence of elements, typically characters, using some character encoding.

Misconceptions about String

17 documented Misconceptions

CharType

A single character is of type char

IdentifierAsStringInBracketNotation

An identifier used to access a property with the bracket notation is treated as a string

StringRepetitionOperator

One can repeat a String by multiplying it with a number