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StringLength

StringLength["string"]
gives the number of characters in a string.

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StringLength counts special characters such as as single characters, even if their full names involve many characters.

StringLength[{s₁, s₂, ...}] gives the list of lengths of each of the s_i.

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Find the number of characters in a string:

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Length Characters

Operations on Strings

Atomic Elements of Expressions

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