string - use in sentences

Converse of object

  • pull: Just push the big orange button or pull the string.
  • attach: Attach string to each peg, running it across to the peg directly opposite, to create a string grid of squares.
  • parse: STRING - The CAT attempts to parse a data string.

Adjective modifier

  • empty: The default value is the empty string, which means no extension will be appended to the filename in any case.
  • null-terminated: The XrmGetStringDatabase function creates a new database and stores the resources specified in the specified null-terminated string.
  • null: The second form sets name to the null string.
  • scalar: MACRO_NAMES Set this keyword to a scalar string or an array of strings that specifies the names of one or more macros to run.
  • literal: This makes it easy to embed literal strings that correspond to non-ASCII characters by simply typing the strings in place in the script.
  • cosmic: Multi-component condensates: kinetics, dynamics, solitary waves and phenomenological models of cosmic strings.

Modifies a noun

  • quartet: Here are some pictures of our January 2004 meeting, with a visiting string quartet.
  • orchestra: Here is an mp3 file of the first movement of Eine Kleine Nachtmusik in its original form for string orchestra.
  • representation: I wanted a nice way to convert the string representation into its object counterpart.
  • tostring: String toString ( ) Returns the pathname string of this abstract pathname.
  • buffer: This is accomplished by appending each quarter's sales figure to a string buffer.

Noun used with modifier

  • purse: His little con job was to rip off the old man who held a tight hand on the purse strings.
  • unicode: To write unicode strings to file, you have to specify the encoding you want to use and encode back into a byte-string.
  • init: Such a load command may be put in an init string.
  • character: I used the Airport Base Station utility to change the WEP password to a 26 character hex string.
  • guitar: CM: I find the guitar strings that retain their tonal quality longest are D'Addario.
  • query: One way the JDBC API deals with this problem is to allow any query string to be passed through to an underlying DBMS driver.

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