.length
Published Jul 5, 2022
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The .length
property returns the number of characters in a string.
Syntax
string.length
The string
can either be a literal sequence of characters surrounded by quotes or a variable that refers to such a sequence.
Codebyte Example
In the example below, the .length
property of the variable greeting
is logged to the console:
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