How to get the length of a string using length() in C++
Overview
A string in C++ is used to store text. This kind of variable contains a collection of characters that are enclosed by double quotes " ".
The length() function is simply used to get the length of a given string.
Syntax
string.length()
Parameters
The length function takes no parameters.
Return value
The length() function returns the length of a string.
Code
#include <iostream>#include <string>using namespace std;int main() {//creating a string variablestring name = "Theophilus";// using the length() functioncout << "The length of the string is: " << name.length();return 0;}
Explanation
- Line 7: We created a string variable.
- Line 10: We used the
length()function and displayed the result.
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