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A <i>string type</i> represents the set of string values.
A string value is a (possibly empty) sequence of bytes.
The number of bytes is called the length of the string and is never negative.
Strings are immutable: once created,
it is impossible to change the contents of a string.
The predeclared string type is <code>string</code>;
it is a <a href="#Type_definitions">defined type</a>.
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Since Go strings are immutable, the bytes passed to <code>String</code> must not be modified afterwards.
[<a href="#Go_1.20">Go 1.20</a>]
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The function <code>StringData</code> returns a pointer to the underlying bytes of the <code>str</code> argument.
For an empty string the return value is unspecified, and may be <code>nil</code>.