String

In any computer programming language, a string is a sequence of {{Glossary("character","characters")}}  used to represent text.

In {{Glossary("JavaScript")}} , a String is one of the {{Glossary("Primitive", "primitive values")}}  and the {{jsxref("String")}}  object is a {{Glossary("wrapper")}}  around a String primitive.

See also

• String (computer science) on Wikipedia
• JavaScript data types and data structures