identical-lengthstring

noun

UK /aɪˈdɛntɪkəl lɛŋθ strɪŋ/

US /aɪˈdɛntɪkəl lɛŋθ strɪŋ/

A string that is exactly the same length as another string.

The two passwords must be an identical-lengthstring for the test to pass.

SYNONYMS

equal-length string same-length string matching-length string equivalent-length string

RELATED WORDS

string comparison length check character count string matching data validation

OTHER MEANINGS

2. A text value whose number of characters equals that of a reference text value.

The program rejected the input because it was not an identical-lengthstring to the expected code.

3. In programming, a pair of strings with equal character counts used for side-by-side comparison.

The algorithm aligned each identical-lengthstring before checking for differences.

4. A condition in data processing where two text fields have the same size.

The database flagged the record because the name field was not an identical-lengthstring to the ID field.