diff --git a/mlir/examples/dsp/SimpleBlocks/include/toy/AST.h b/mlir/examples/dsp/SimpleBlocks/include/toy/AST.h
index c13b287bdd2f..d6b6f2c0e50e 100644
--- a/mlir/examples/dsp/SimpleBlocks/include/toy/AST.h
+++ b/mlir/examples/dsp/SimpleBlocks/include/toy/AST.h
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ class ExprAST {
     Expr_BinOp,
     Expr_Call,
     Expr_Print,
+    Expr_String,
   };
 
   ExprAST(ExprASTKind kind, Location location)
@@ -107,6 +108,20 @@ class VariableExprAST : public ExprAST {
   static bool classof(const ExprAST *c) { return c->getKind() == Expr_Var; }
 };
 
+/// Expression class for string val.
+class StringExprAST : public ExprAST {
+  std::string string_val;
+
+public:
+  StringExprAST(Location loc, llvm::StringRef string_val)
+      : ExprAST(Expr_String, std::move(loc)), string_val(string_val) {}
+
+  llvm::StringRef getStringVal() { return string_val; }
+
+  /// LLVM style RTTI
+  static bool classof(const ExprAST *c) { return c->getKind() == Expr_String; }
+};
+
 /// Expression class for defining a variable.
 class VarDeclExprAST : public ExprAST {
   std::string name;
diff --git a/mlir/examples/dsp/SimpleBlocks/include/toy/Lexer.h b/mlir/examples/dsp/SimpleBlocks/include/toy/Lexer.h
index 38678e23f553..3d5827638470 100644
--- a/mlir/examples/dsp/SimpleBlocks/include/toy/Lexer.h
+++ b/mlir/examples/dsp/SimpleBlocks/include/toy/Lexer.h
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ enum Token : int {
   tok_return = -2,
   tok_var = -3,
   tok_def = -4,
+  tok_string_val = -7,
 
   // primary
   tok_identifier = -5,
@@ -84,6 +85,11 @@ class Lexer {
     return identifierStr;
   }
 
+  llvm::StringRef getString() {
+      assert(curTok == tok_string_val);
+      return stringVal;
+  }
+
   /// Return the current number (prereq: getCurToken() == tok_number)
   double getValue() {
     assert(curTok == tok_number);
@@ -173,6 +179,17 @@ class Lexer {
         return getTok();
     }
 
+    // String val: "..."
+    if(lastChar == '"') {
+        stringVal = "";
+        while (isalnum((lastChar = Token(getNextChar()))) || lastChar == '_' || lastChar== ' ') {
+            if(lastChar == '"') break;
+            stringVal += (char)lastChar;
+        }
+        lastChar = Token(getNextChar());
+        return tok_string_val;
+    }
+
     // Check for end of file.  Don't eat the EOF.
     if (lastChar == EOF)
       return tok_eof;
@@ -191,6 +208,9 @@ class Lexer {
 
   /// If the current Token is an identifier, this string contains the value.
   std::string identifierStr;
+    
+  // If current Token is a string val
+  std::string stringVal;
 
   /// If the current Token is a number, this contains the value.
   double numVal = 0;
diff --git a/mlir/examples/dsp/SimpleBlocks/include/toy/Parser.h b/mlir/examples/dsp/SimpleBlocks/include/toy/Parser.h
index 42bd653b156c..238f7d441676 100644
--- a/mlir/examples/dsp/SimpleBlocks/include/toy/Parser.h
+++ b/mlir/examples/dsp/SimpleBlocks/include/toy/Parser.h
@@ -167,6 +167,16 @@ class Parser {
     return v;
   }
 
+  /// parenexpr ::= '"' string_val '"'
+  std::unique_ptr<ExprAST> parseStringExpr() {
+    auto loc = lexer.getLastLocation();
+
+    std::string string_val(lexer.getString());
+    lexer.consume(tok_string_val);
+
+    return std::make_unique<StringExprAST>(std::move(loc), string_val);
+  }
+  
   /// identifierexpr
   ///   ::= identifier
   ///   ::= identifier '(' expression ')'
@@ -175,7 +185,7 @@ class Parser {
 
     auto loc = lexer.getLastLocation();
     lexer.getNextToken(); // eat identifier.
-
+    
     if (lexer.getCurToken() != '(') // Simple variable ref.
       return std::make_unique<VariableExprAST>(std::move(loc), name);
 
@@ -216,6 +226,7 @@ class Parser {
   ///   ::= numberexpr
   ///   ::= parenexpr
   ///   ::= tensorliteral
+  ///   ::= stringexpr
   std::unique_ptr<ExprAST> parsePrimary() {
     switch (lexer.getCurToken()) {
     default:
@@ -230,6 +241,8 @@ class Parser {
       return parseParenExpr();
     case '[':
       return parseTensorLiteralExpr();
+    case tok_string_val:
+      return parseStringExpr();
     case ';':
       return nullptr;
     case '}':
@@ -334,7 +347,11 @@ class Parser {
     if (!type)
       type = std::make_unique<VarType>();
     lexer.consume(Token('='));
-    auto expr = parseExpression();
+    std::unique_ptr<ExprAST> expr;
+    if(lexer.getCurToken() == tok_string_val) {
+        expr = parseStringExpr();
+    }
+    else expr = parseExpression();
     return std::make_unique<VarDeclExprAST>(std::move(loc), std::move(id),
                                             std::move(*type), std::move(expr));
   }
diff --git a/mlir/examples/dsp/SimpleBlocks/mlir/MLIRGen.cpp b/mlir/examples/dsp/SimpleBlocks/mlir/MLIRGen.cpp
index ff56ef6d95fa..90be46515a6b 100644
--- a/mlir/examples/dsp/SimpleBlocks/mlir/MLIRGen.cpp
+++ b/mlir/examples/dsp/SimpleBlocks/mlir/MLIRGen.cpp
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@
 #include <numeric>
 #include <optional>
 #include <vector>
+#include <bitset>
 
 using namespace mlir::dsp;
 using namespace dsp;
@@ -947,6 +948,28 @@ class MLIRGenImpl {
   mlir::Value mlirGen(NumberExprAST &num) {
     return builder.create<ConstantOp>(loc(num.loc()), num.getValue());
   }
+  
+  /// Emit a string exression
+  mlir::Value mlirGen(StringExprAST &expr) {
+    auto string_val = expr.getStringVal();
+    
+    std::vector<double> signals;
+    for(char ch : string_val) {
+        std::bitset<8> bits(static_cast<unsigned char>(ch)), reversed;
+        int n = 8;
+        for(int i=0; i<n; ++i) reversed[i] = bits[n-i-1];
+        for(int i=0; i<n; ++i) signals.push_back(reversed[i]);
+    }
+
+    mlir::Type eleType = builder.getF64Type();
+    auto dataType = mlir::RankedTensorType::get(signals.size(), eleType);
+
+    auto dataAttr = mlir::DenseElementsAttr::get(dataType, llvm::ArrayRef(signals));
+
+    auto type = getType(signals.size());
+
+    return builder.create<ConstantOp>(loc(expr.loc()), type, dataAttr);
+  }
 
   /// Dispatch codegen for the right expression subclass using RTTI.
   mlir::Value mlirGen(ExprAST &expr) {
@@ -961,6 +984,8 @@ class MLIRGenImpl {
       return mlirGen(cast<CallExprAST>(expr));
     case dsp::ExprAST::Expr_Num:
       return mlirGen(cast<NumberExprAST>(expr));
+    case dsp::ExprAST::Expr_String:
+      return mlirGen(cast<StringExprAST>(expr));
     default:
       emitError(loc(expr.loc()))
           << "MLIR codegen encountered an unhandled expr kind '"
diff --git a/mlir/examples/dsp/SimpleBlocks/parser/AST.cpp b/mlir/examples/dsp/SimpleBlocks/parser/AST.cpp
index a5dfa2d0f16e..6b824aa59997 100644
--- a/mlir/examples/dsp/SimpleBlocks/parser/AST.cpp
+++ b/mlir/examples/dsp/SimpleBlocks/parser/AST.cpp
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ class ASTDumper {
   void dump(PrintExprAST *node);
   void dump(PrototypeAST *node);
   void dump(FunctionAST *node);
+  void dump(StringExprAST *node);
 
   // Actually print spaces matching the current indentation level
   void indent() {
@@ -81,7 +82,7 @@ static std::string loc(T *node) {
 void ASTDumper::dump(ExprAST *expr) {
   llvm::TypeSwitch<ExprAST *>(expr)
       .Case<BinaryExprAST, CallExprAST, LiteralExprAST, NumberExprAST,
-            PrintExprAST, ReturnExprAST, VarDeclExprAST, VariableExprAST>(
+            PrintExprAST, ReturnExprAST, VarDeclExprAST, StringExprAST, VariableExprAST>(
           [&](auto *node) { this->dump(node); })
       .Default([&](ExprAST *) {
         // No match, fallback to a generic message
@@ -90,6 +91,13 @@ void ASTDumper::dump(ExprAST *expr) {
       });
 }
 
+/// A string expression
+void ASTDumper::dump(StringExprAST *stringExpr) {
+  INDENT();
+  llvm::errs() << "StringExpr \"" << stringExpr->getStringVal() << "\"";
+  llvm::errs() << " " << loc(stringExpr) << "\n";
+}
+
 /// A variable declaration is printing the variable name, the type, and then
 /// recurse in the initializer value.
 void ASTDumper::dump(VarDeclExprAST *varDecl) {
diff --git a/mlir/test/Examples/DspExample/dsp_string.py b/mlir/test/Examples/DspExample/dsp_string.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..ead95cf07e73
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mlir/test/Examples/DspExample/dsp_string.py
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+def main() {
+        var a = [[[10,20],[30,0]] ];
+        var b = [[[40,50],[60,70]] ];
+        var c = sub(a, b);
+        print(c);
+
+        var d = "HELLO FROM SPACE";
+        print(d);
+        print("abd");
+}