History of String

	Revision 19 . . (edit) August 27, 2001 7:18 am by AxelBoldt [*fix Pascal link]
	Revision 18 . . August 21, 2001 5:06 am by Alan Millar [Context: computing]
	Revision 17 . . August 21, 2001 4:49 am by Hornlo [chg per /Talk]
	Revision 16 . . (edit) August 19, 2001 12:37 am by Koyaanis Qatsi
	Revision 15 . . (edit) August 17, 2001 5:48 am by (logged).60.221.xxx [*minor fixups]
	Revision 14 . . (edit) August 3, 2001 11:55 pm by Drj [linked]

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Changed: 1c1

A string (or string of characters) is a data type used in most programming languages to represent text, and is the focus of this article.

In Computing, a string (or string of characters) is a data type used in most programming languages to represent text, and is the focus of this article.

Changed: 7c7

A common representation is an array of characters. The length can be stored implicitly by using a special terminating character (often NUL?) (the programming language C uses this convention), or explicitly (for example by treating the first byte of the string as its length, a convention used in Pascal).

A common representation is an array of characters. The length can be stored implicitly by using a special terminating character (often NUL?) (the programming language C uses this convention), or explicitly (for example by treating the first byte of the string as its length, a convention used in Pascal).