---
name: "SoSFString"
section: "3iv"
platform: "linux"
package: "inventor-doc"
version: "2.1.6+ds-2"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/SoSFString/3iv"
---

# SoSFString(3iv)

field containing a string

## NAME

SoSFString — field containing a string

## INHERITS FROM

SoField \> SoSField \> SoSFString

## SYNOPSIS

**#include \<Inventor/fields/SoSFString.h\>**

Methods from class SoSFString:

	**setValue(const char \*string)**\
 **static SoType**	**getClassTypeId()**\
 **virtual void**	**getTypeId() const**\
 **const SbString &**	**getValue() const**\
 **const SbString &**	**operator =(const SbString & newValue)**\
 **void**	**setValue(const SbString & newValue)**\
 **int**	**operator ==(const SoSFString &f) const**\
 **int**	**operator !=(const SoSFString &f) const**

Methods from class SoField:

**void**	**setIgnored(SbBool ignore)**\
 **SbBool**	**isIgnored() const**\
 **SbBool**	**isDefault() const**\
 **virtual SbBool**	**isOfType(SoType type) const**\
 **SbBool**	**set(const char \*valueString)**\
 **void**	**get(SbString &valueString)**\
 **void**	**touch()**\
 **SbBool**	**connectFrom(SoField \*fromField)**\
 **SbBool**	**connectFrom(SoEngineOutput \*fromEngine)**\
 **void**	**disconnect()**\
 **SbBool**	**isConnected() const**\
 **SbBool**	**isConnectedFromField() const**\
 **SbBool**	**getConnectedField(SoField \*&writingField) const**\
 **SbBool**	**isConnectedFromEngine() const**\
 **SbBool**	**getConnectedEngine(SoEngineOutput \*&engineOutput) const**\
 **void**	**enableConnection(SbBool flag)**\
 **SbBool**	**isConnectionEnabled() const**\
 **int**	**getForwardConnections(SoFieldList &list) const**\
 **SoFieldContainer \***	**getContainer() const**

## DESCRIPTION

**A field containing an ASCII string (sequence of characters). Inventor does not support non-ASCII strings.**

**SoSFStrings** are written to file as a sequence of ASCII characters in double quotes (optional if the string doesn't contain any whitespace). Any characters (including newlines) may appear within the quotes. To include a double quote character within the string, precede it with a backslash. For example:

```
Testing
"One, Two, Three"
"He said, \"Immel did it!\""
```

are all valid strings.

## METHODS

	**setValue(const char \*string)**\
 Convenience method to set the field's value given a character array.

**static SoType**	**getClassTypeId()**\
 **virtual void**	**getTypeId() const**\
 Returns the type for this class or a particular object of this class.

**const SbString &**	**getValue() const**\
 Returns this field's value.

**const SbString &**	**operator =(const SbString & newValue)**\
 **void**	**setValue(const SbString & newValue)**\
 Sets this field to **newValue**.

**int**	**operator ==(const SoSFString &f) const**\
 **int**	**operator !=(const SoSFString &f) const**\
 Returns TRUE if **f** is of the same type and has the same value as this field.

## SEE ALSO

**SbString, SoField, SoSField, SoMFString**