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Class | String
Name | ### length()
Examples |
    String str1 = "CCCP";
    String str2 = "Rabbit";
    int l1 = str1.length();
    int l2 = str2.length();
    println(l1 + ":" + l2);  // Prints "4:6"
Description | Returns the total number of characters included in the String as an integer number. People are often confused by the use of length() to get the size of a String and length to get the size of an array. Notice the absence of the parentheses when working with arrays.
Syntax |
    str.length()
Parameters |
str | String: any variable of type String

Updated on May 19, 2014 05:30:06pm PDT