What is a String?
The string is a collection of characters stored under a single name.
It contains the following characters enclosed in double quotes.
- Alphabets
- Numbers
- special characters
- Spaces and tabs
It is a data type in some programming languages. It contains a literal string value or a declaration as a variable, Variable value can be changed its size.
Generally, string size is counted as the number of characters in it.
String and array characters both contain a group of characters, But they are not the same and equal. Since the string is terminated with a \0 character.
String data structure operations
- length
- append
- reverse a string
- substring
Difference between String and Array
| Array | String |
|---|---|
| It stores collection of elements of same type | It is a collection of characters |
| Stores the data of any type such Inbuilt and Custom Types | Stores Character data |
| Mutable, Can update the elements in an array | Immutable |