Destring
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Destring is a verb meaning (transitive) To remove hard fibers or strings from.
Meaning
(transitive) To remove hard fibers or strings from.
More Meanings
- (programming, transitive) To convert (a variable of string type) to some other, usually numeric data type.
Example Sentences
I require some help with destringing my variables.
I served as an extra pair of hands, occasionally peeling potatoes or destringing celery.
The two men found the three women destringing freshly picked bush beans for the evening meal.
Word Forms
- destrings
- destringing
- destringed
Synonyms for destring
Depending on context, synonyms include destringify.
Antonyms for destring
Common opposites include stringify.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include unstring, defiber, unstrand, strip, unsting, destripe.
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