> [!CAUTION]
> **Caution:** This documentation is for Google Ads API **v23** . The latest active version is [**v26**](https://developers.google.com/google-ads/api/reference/rpc/latest/StringFormatErrorEnum.StringFormatError).

Enum describing possible string format errors.

[Proto definition ![GitHub](https://developers.google.com/site-assets/logo-github.svg)](https://github.com/googleapis/googleapis/blob/master/google/ads/googleads/v23/errors/string_format_error.proto)

| Enums ||
|---|---|
| ## `ILLEGAL_CHARS` | The input string value contains disallowed characters. |
| ## `INVALID_FORMAT` | The input string value is invalid for the associated field. |
| ## `UNKNOWN` | The received error code is not known in this version. |
| ## `UNSPECIFIED` | Enum unspecified. |