The phrase "a string that had" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when describing a string in programming or a sequence of characters that existed in the past.
Example: "The function processed a string that had been input by the user before it was modified."
Alternatives: "a string which contained" or "a string that existed".
It was the sixth August day on which the temperature reached 95 or more -- a string that had not occurred previously since 1955, when there were seven.
After hearing Bruce's lectures on using the Karplus-Strong algorithm to physically model a string that had been plucked, we decided to attempt to modify this to suit our needs.
Union soldiers claimed that Anderson was found with a string that had 53 knots, symbolizing each person he had killed.
valid logical pathname host n. a string that has been defined as the name of a logical host.
The incident is the latest in a string that has undermined public faith in the ability of Tepco to handle the plant's cleanup.
His injury is the latest in a string that has riddled the team as it prepares for its season opener on Sunday against the Washington Redskins.
With their 94-91 defeatothetop-seedededed Hawks, the Wizards have lost seven consecutive elimination games at home, a string that has seen Chris Webber and Juwan Howard fall to Michael Jordan and Scottie Pippen in 1997; Arenas, Antawn Jamison and Larry Hughes fall to Dwyane Wade and a resting Shaquille O'Neal in 2005; and James adding to the agony from 2006 to 2008.
Do not let a cat play unsupervised with a toy dangling from a string that has been tied to something.
You graciously chatted with us for a few moments and even gave me a guitar string that had just busted.
string designator n. a designator for a string; that is, an object that denotes a string and that is one of: a character (denoting a singleton string that has the character as its only element), a symbol (denoting the string that is its name), or a string (denoting itself).
Give an example of a terminal string that has two leftmost derivations.
