Procrustean-assignment Definition

noun

(computing, dated, rare) 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.

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Origin of Procrustean-assignment

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

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