constant-length text

noun phrase

UK /ˈkɒnstənt lɛŋθ tɛkst/

US /ˈkɑːnstənt lɛŋθ tɛkst/

Text that always has the same number of letters or characters.

The password field uses constant-length text so every entry is exactly eight characters long.

SYNONYMS

fixed-length text fixed-width text uniform-length text equal-length string

RELATED WORDS

padding character count string length data field formatting

OTHER MEANINGS

2. A data format where every record occupies the same number of characters.

The old database stored names as constant-length text, padding short names with spaces.

3. A string whose size is set in advance and cannot change.

In the program, the code is stored as constant-length text of ten bytes.

4. Text that is padded or trimmed so all entries match in size.

The report aligns columns by treating each label as constant-length text.