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Reference > Language > Variables > Data types > String > Functions > Length

length()

[StringObject Function]

Description

Returns the length of the String, in characters. (Note that this doesn’t include a trailing null character.)

Syntax

myString.length()

Parameters

myString: a variable of type String

Returns

The length of the String in characters.

See also