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Substring

Pronunciation varies by accent · noun

Meaning

(computing) A (possibly zero-length) string of characters that is contained in another string..

Definitions by Sense

  1. (computing) A (possibly zero-length) string of characters that is contained in another string.
  2. (computing, transitive) To extract a substring from.
  3. (computing, transitive) To take as a substring.

Example Sentences

The substrings of "button" include "butt", "ton", and "on".
If an existing character-based column is increased in size and your program does not need the extra characters, the view can be changed to force the smaller size by substringing the existing column.
In this example, knowing that MY_SOUNDEX returns at most six characters, we are substringing the first six characters.

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Antonyms for substring

Related Words

superstringstringbordersuffixvarcharcharstringdelimitertokensegmentwordstringwordsubtokenbytestringfragmentshortcodepaddingsubst.subcharactersubdomainphrase

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What does substring mean?

Substring means (computing) A (possibly zero-length) string of characters that is contained in another string..

What is a synonym for substring?

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What is the opposite of substring?

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How do you use substring in a sentence?

The substrings of "button" include "butt", "ton", and "on".

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