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String.Length property with example in C#

C# String.Length property: Here, we are going to learn about the length property of String class with example.
Submitted by IncludeHelp, on March 17, 2019

C# String.Length property

String.Length property is used to get the total number of characters in the string object (length of the string); it calls with this string and returns the total number of characters.

Syntax:

    public int Length { get; }

Parameter: None.

Return value: int – it returns total number of characters in the string/length of the string.

Example:

    Input:
    string str = "IncludeHelp";

    function call:
    str.Length;

    Output:
    11

C# Example to get the length of the string using String.Length property

using System;
using System.Text;

namespace Test
{
    class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            //string variable declaration
            string str = "IncludeHelp";

            //printing string and its length
            Console.WriteLine("str: " + str);
            Console.WriteLine("str length: " + str.Length);

            //assigning "" to the string 
            //and printing its length
            str = "";
            Console.WriteLine("After assigning \"\" to the str...");
            Console.WriteLine("str: " + str);
            Console.WriteLine("str length: " + str.Length);


            //hit ENTER to exit
            Console.ReadLine();
        }
    }
}

Output

str: IncludeHelp
str length: 11
After assigning "" to the str...
str:
str length: 0

Reference: String.Length Property