valuestring
A valuestring is a term used in computing to denote the textual form of a value as it appears in textual data, metadata, or user interfaces. It contrasts with the value’s native type, such as a number, boolean, or date, which may be represented in a structured form rather than as plain text.
In data serialization and interchange formats, values are often transmitted as strings, even when their semantic
Examples of contexts include CSV files where numeric fields may be stored as strings to preserve leading
Common considerations with valuestrings include validation, trimming whitespace, locale-aware formatting, and handling of empty strings. Developers
See also: string, parsing, serialization, data type, type conversion.