String (computer science)

String - data type representing a finite sequence of encoded characters. Article “String (computer science)” in English Wikipedia has 55.5 points for quality (as of July 1, 2026). The article contains 33 references and 24 sections.

In this language version of Wikipedia the article has the best quality. Also, this article is the most popular in that (English) language version.

In June 2026 the article “String (computer science)” was edited by 3 authors in English Wikipedia and written by 7 authors in all languages.

Since the creation of article “String (computer science)”, its content was written by 385 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 1280 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 1169 times in English Wikipedia and cited 5595 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (English): #1 in August 2001
• Global: #1 in August 2001

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (English): #18163 in April 2010
• Global: #21115 in April 2010

There are 35 language versions for this article in the WikiRank database (of the considered 55 Wikipedia language editions).

The quality and popularity assessment was based on Wikipédia dumps from July 1, 2026 (including revision history and pageviews for previous years).

The table below shows the language versions of the article with the highest quality.

#	Language	Quality grade	Quality score
1	English (en) String (computer science)		55.5298
2	Korean (ko) 문자열		47.021
3	Estonian (et) Sõne (andmetüüp)		43.8212
4	Portuguese (pt) Cadeia de caracteres		35.2455
5	German (de) Zeichenkette		29.681
6	Bulgarian (bg) Низ		29.4062
7	Chinese (zh) 字符串		29.1112
8	Ukrainian (uk) Рядок (програмування)		24.8646
9	Hindi (hi) स्ट्रिंग (संगणन)		23.1983
10	Indonesian (id) String		21.4574

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The following table shows the most popular language versions of the article.

The most popular language versions of the article "String (computer science)" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) String (computer science)		4 320 064
2	Spanish (es) Cadena de caracteres		1 091 806
3	German (de) Zeichenkette		630 791
4	Russian (ru) Строковый тип		403 065
5	French (fr) Chaîne de caractères		302 332
6	Polish (pl) Tekstowy typ danych		272 445
7	Portuguese (pt) Cadeia de caracteres		270 705
8	Italian (it) Stringa (informatica)		242 625
9	Indonesian (id) String		236 410
10	Japanese (ja) 文字列		214 955

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest popularity in the last month.

The most popular language versions of the article "String (computer science)" in June 2026

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) String (computer science)		6 901
2	German (de) Zeichenkette		486
3	Chinese (zh) 字符串		426
4	French (fr) Chaîne de caractères		387
5	Russian (ru) Строковый тип		290
6	Spanish (es) Cadena de caracteres		271
7	Japanese (ja) 文字列		259
8	Portuguese (pt) Cadeia de caracteres		154
9	Polish (pl) Tekstowy typ danych		128
10	Italian (it) Stringa (informatica)		110

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest.

Language versions of the article "String (computer science)" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) String (computer science)		385
2	German (de) Zeichenkette		131
3	French (fr) Chaîne de caractères		79
4	Italian (it) Stringa (informatica)		72
5	Russian (ru) Строковый тип		67
6	Polish (pl) Tekstowy typ danych		51
7	Spanish (es) Cadena de caracteres		46
8	Hungarian (hu) String		45
9	Dutch (nl) Tekenreeks		36
10	Chinese (zh) 字符串		36

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest in the last month.

Language versions of the article "String (computer science)" with the highest AI in June 2026

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) String (computer science)		3
2	Polish (pl) Tekstowy typ danych		2
3	Greek (el) Συμβολοσειρά		1
4	French (fr) Chaîne de caractères		1
5	Arabic (ar) سلسلة محارف (حوسبة)		0
6	Belarusian (be) Радковы тып		0
7	Bulgarian (bg) Низ		0
8	Catalan (ca) Cadena (informàtica)		0
9	Czech (cs) Textový řetězec		0
10	Danish (da) Tekststreng		0

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest number of citations.

Language versions of the article "String (computer science)" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	English (en) String (computer science)		1 169
2	French (fr) Chaîne de caractères		491
3	Chinese (zh) 字符串		467
4	German (de) Zeichenkette		367
5	Japanese (ja) 文字列		302
6	Spanish (es) Cadena de caracteres		236
7	Korean (ko) 문자열		228
8	Portuguese (pt) Cadeia de caracteres		226
9	Russian (ru) Строковый тип		214
10	Italian (it) Stringa (informatica)		180

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#	Language	Value
ar	Arabic سلسلة محارف (حوسبة)
be	Belarusian Радковы тып
bg	Bulgarian Низ
ca	Catalan Cadena (informàtica)
cs	Czech Textový řetězec
da	Danish Tekststreng
de	German Zeichenkette
el	Greek Συμβολοσειρά
en	English String (computer science)
eo	Esperanto Signoĉeno
es	Spanish Cadena de caracteres
et	Estonian Sõne (andmetüüp)
fa	Persian رشته (علوم رایانه)
fi	Finnish Merkkijono
fr	French Chaîne de caractères
he	Hebrew מחרוזת (מדעי המחשב)
hi	Hindi स्ट्रिंग (संगणन)
hu	Hungarian String
id	Indonesian String
it	Italian Stringa (informatica)
ja	Japanese 文字列
ko	Korean 문자열
ms	Malay Rentetan
nl	Dutch Tekenreeks
no	Norwegian Streng (informatikk)
pl	Polish Tekstowy typ danych
pt	Portuguese Cadeia de caracteres
ru	Russian Строковый тип
sr	Serbian Ниска
sv	Swedish Sträng (data)
th	Thai สายอักขระ
tr	Turkish Dize (bilgisayar bilimi)
uk	Ukrainian Рядок (програмування)
zh	Chinese 字符串
zhminnan	Min Nan Jī-lia̍t

Best Rank

English: #18163 04.2010

Global: #21115 04.2010

Best Rank

English: #1 08.2001

Global: #1 08.2001

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