comparable-lengthstring
nounUK /ˈkɒmpərəbl leŋθ strɪŋ/
US /ˈkɑːmpərəbl leŋθ strɪŋ/
A string of text that is about the same size as another string.
The program checks if the two passwords are comparable-lengthstrings before comparing them.
OTHER MEANINGS
2. A pair of strings whose lengths differ by no more than a small allowed amount.
The fuzzy matcher only compares comparable-lengthstrings to save time.
3. A string used as a benchmark for measuring the length of other strings.
We stored a comparable-lengthstring to test the sorting function.
4. In programming, a string variable whose allocated buffer size matches another's.
The function requires a comparable-lengthstring as its second argument.