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# nlohmann::basic_json::is_string
```
constexpr bool is_string() const noexcept;
```
This function returns `true` if and only if the JSON value is a string.
## Return value
`true` if type is a string, `false` otherwise.
## Exception safety
No-throw guarantee: this member function never throws exceptions.
## Complexity
Constant.
## Examples
Example
The following code exemplifies `is_string()` for all JSON types.
```
#include <iostream>
#include <nlohmann/json.hpp>
using json = nlohmann::json;
int main()
{
// create JSON values
json j_null;
json j_boolean = true;
json j_number_integer = 17;
json j_number_float = 23.42;
json j_number_unsigned_integer = 12345678987654321u;
json j_object = {{"one", 1}, {"two", 2}};
json j_array = {1, 2, 4, 8, 16};
json j_string = "Hello, world";
json j_binary = json::binary({1, 2, 3});
// call is_string()
std::cout << std::boolalpha;
std::cout << j_null.is_string() << '\n';
std::cout << j_boolean.is_string() << '\n';
std::cout << j_number_integer.is_string() << '\n';
std::cout << j_number_unsigned_integer.is_string() << '\n';
std::cout << j_number_float.is_string() << '\n';
std::cout << j_object.is_string() << '\n';
std::cout << j_array.is_string() << '\n';
std::cout << j_string.is_string() << '\n';
std::cout << j_binary.is_string() << '\n';
}
```
Output:
```
false
false
false
false
false
false
false
true
false
```
## See also
- [is_primitive](https://json.nlohmann.me/api/basic_json/is_primitive/index.md) checks whether the JSON value is primitive
- [type](https://json.nlohmann.me/api/basic_json/type/index.md) returns the type of the JSON value
- [string_t](https://json.nlohmann.me/api/basic_json/string_t/index.md) the type used to store JSON strings
## Version history
- Added in version 1.0.0.