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string manipulation [1 record]

Record 1 2002-04-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Information Processing (Informatics)
  • Computer Programs and Programming
DEF

The ability of a computer program to scan, rearrange, extract, join, or otherwise process a string of bits or characters.

CONT

Some program languages have extensive string manipulation abilities, while other languages are quite limited in this respect.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Traitement de l'information (Informatique)
  • Programmes et programmation (Informatique)
CONT

Les principales manipulations [...] de chaînes sont la recherche d'une séquence particulière [...], le remplacement d'une séquence par une autre, les suppressions de séquence dans une chaîne.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Tratamiento de la información (Informática)
  • Programas y programación (Informática)
DEF

Proceso por el que se manipulan series de caracteres contenidas en la memoria, considerándolas como unidades de datos sencillas.

CONT

En el proceso de manipulación de cadenas se efectúan operaciones de creación, concatenación, inserción, supresión, etc.

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