iex(1)> i :ok Term :ok Data type Atom Reference modules Atom iex(2)> x = "mystring" "mystring" iex(3)> i x Term "mystring" Data type BitString Byte size 8 Description This is a string: a UTF-8 encoded binary. It's printed surrounded by "double quotes" because all UTF-8 encoded codepoints in it are printable. Raw representation <<109, 121, 115, 116, 114, 105, 110, 103>> Reference modules String, :binary