Procrustean assignment

名词 n.
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英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A form of assignment to fixed-length string variables in which a shorter value is padded to the necessary length while a longer one is truncated. dated,rare,uncountable
    — […]the string that is being assigned to it is cut off on the right if it is too long, or filled out with spaces if it is too short - this is called Procrustean assignment[…]

词源

After the legendary highwayman Procrustes, who stretched or cut his victims to make them fit a bed.
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