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Page Summary
StringFormatError is an error code used for reporting invalid content of input strings within the Google Ad Manager API.
It inherits from ApiError and includes fields like fieldPath, fieldPathElements, trigger, and errorString.
StringFormatError has a specific reason field, which can be UNKNOWN, ILLEGAL_CHARS (disallowed characters), or INVALID_FORMAT (invalid value for the field).
A parsed copy of the field path. For example, the field path "operations[1].operand"
corresponds to this list: {FieldPathElement(field = "operations", index = 1),
FieldPathElement(field = "operand", index = null)}.
trigger
xsd:string
The data that caused the error.
errorString
xsd:string
A simple string representation of the error and reason.
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