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# String
`String` is the primitive type constraint for string values.
A string literal is enclosed in `"`.
```dcdl
"hello"
"line 1\nline 2"
```
`$`, `{`, and `}` have no special meaning inside a string; Decodal does not perform string interpolation.
## Examples
```dcdl
name = String;
greeting = String default "hello";
```
## Constraint composition
`String` can be composed with string constraints.
```dcdl
message = String & /Hello! .*/;
```
Enable regex-constraint validation with the Rust crate's `regex` feature.
Without that feature, a regex constraint cannot be validated against a concrete string and produces a diagnostic.