Are strings interned in kdb too ?

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https://learninghub.kx.com/forums/topic/are-strings-interned-in-kdb-too

I think the the answer is strings are not interned, only symbols are. But just double checking.

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Only symbols. You can view their memory usage in .Q.w

  • syms: number of interned symbols
  • symw: bytes used by interned symbols
https://code.kx.com/q/ref/dotq/#qw-memory-stats