constant-length string

noun

UK /ˈkɒnstənt lɛŋθ strɪŋ/

US /ˈkɑːnstənt lɛŋθ strɪŋ/

A string that always has the same number of letters or characters.

The password field needs a constant-length string of exactly eight characters.

SYNONYMS

fixed-length string fixed-size string uniform-length string static-length string

RELATED WORDS

variable-length string character count data field string length record format

OTHER MEANINGS

2. A text value whose size never changes, so programs can store it in a predictable space.

The database column uses a constant-length string for country codes.

3. A sequence of characters padded with spaces so it always reaches the required size.

The file format stores names as a constant-length string of twenty bytes.

4. In coding puzzles, a word that must keep the same count of symbols throughout a check.

The validator rejects any input that is not a constant-length string.