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Java String length() Method

❮ String Methods


Example

Return the number of characters in a string:

String txt = "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ";
System.out.println(txt.length());

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Definition and Usage

The length() method returns the length of a specified string.

Note: The length of an empty string is 0.


Syntax

public int length()

Parameters

None.

Technical Details

Returns: An int value, representing the length of the string

❮ String Methods