Getting the Length of a String

You can use the string.Length property to get an integer representing the length of a string.  In most cases, length means–the number of characters.

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// 3 Latin (ASCII) characters string simple = "abc"; // 2 other characters: U+0100, E+4E01 string other = "Ā丁";   Console.WriteLine(string.Format("Length 1 = {0}", simple.Length)); Console.WriteLine(string.Format("Length 2 = {0}", other.Length));

It’s important to note that the Length property returns the number of individual Char objects that make up the string.  This can be different from the actual number of Unicode characters.

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