string

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In Python2, a string is a sequence of bytes.

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a lightweight cord

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noun

a lightweight cord

noun

stringed instruments that are played with a bow; "the strings played superlatively well"

noun

a tightly stretched cord of wire or gut, which makes sound when plucked, struck, or bowed

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for string.

noun

a lightweight cord

noun

stringed instruments that are played with a bow; "the strings played superlatively well"

noun

a tightly stretched cord of wire or gut, which makes sound when plucked, struck, or bowed

noun

a sequentially ordered set of things or events or ideas in which each successive member is related to the preceding; "a string of islands"; "train of mourners"; "a train of thought"

noun

a linear sequence of symbols (characters or words or phrases)

noun

a tie consisting of a cord that goes through a seam around an opening; "he pulled the drawstring and closed the bag"

noun

a tough piece of fiber in vegetables, meat, or other food (especially the tough fibers connecting the two halves of a bean pod)

noun

(cosmology) a hypothetical one-dimensional subatomic particle having a concentration of energy and the dynamic properties of a flexible loop

noun

a collection of objects threaded on a single strand

noun

a necklace made by a stringing objects together; "a string of beads"; "a strand of pearls";

verb

thread on or as if on a string; "string pearls on a string"; "the child drew glass beads on a string"; "thread dried cranberries"

verb

add as if on a string; "string these ideas together"; "string up these songs and you'll have a musical"

verb

move or come along

verb

stretch out or arrange like a string

verb

string together; tie or fasten with a string; "string the package"

verb

remove the stringy parts of; "string beans"

verb

provide with strings; "string my guitar"

Example sentences

In Python2, a string is a sequence of bytes.

What happens when a Python3 program calls a Python2 library with a string object?

If buffer is equal to url's scheme's default port, set buffer to the empty string.

If port is the empty string, return host, serialized.

In Python3, a string is a sequence of unicode codepoints.

Can't remember the order of arguments of a JS string/array function?

" You literally would have to substring match on user agent.- Okay, let's just substring match on the word "bot.

Because changing the charset also changes the number of bytes needed to store a given string.

So now every single request to your site has to do a substring match against every single term in this list.

If you pass such a library a string in a different encoding, it will happily store it, manipulate it, and concatenate it with other strings.

A nickname, full name, shortened name, set of initials, or even a creative symbol can all stand for the same person and it's nobody's business, especially for a free "social" site, what relationship that string of letters has to that person.

What I think is especially touching about this is how he gently deconstructs his success, demystifying his own legend by pulling back the curtain on what would have otherwise appeared to be a string of miraculous accomplishments.

You will in all likelihood be a glue programmer: you'll rely on APIs and libraries, most of which have been written by someone else, and you will simply string them together by applying the functions that most obviously address whatever problem you're trying to solve.

Spking is likely operating on a temporary definition imparted by his upbringing that goes something like this: "a good life is a life which, when seen from afar, appears to include a string of successful and well-respected achievements, each one better than the last".

Its shortcomings, particularly around string handling, have been responsible for an appalling fraction of the security holes of the past forty years.- C's tooling is hardly something to brag about, especially compared to its contemporaries like Smalltalk and Lisp.