The **length of a `string`** is referred to as the total number of characters it contains.


##  The length() method
To calculate the length of a string in Java, you can use an inbuilt `length()`  method of the Java *string class*. 

In Java, **strings** are objects created using the string class and the `length()` method is a 
 `public` member method of this class. So, any variable of type `string` can access this method using the `.` (dot) operator.

The `length()` method counts the total number of characters in a String.



# Method signature
The signature of the `length()` method is as follows:


The return type of the length() method is `int`.

## Example
Let's calculate & printout the length of a `string` using the `length()` method.


class CalcLength {
    public static void main( String args[] ) {
       String name = "educative";  //Initilizing a String Object name
       int length = name.length();  //Calling the inbuilt lenght() method
       System.out.println("The length of the String \""+name+"\" is: " +length);    }
}

How to find the length of a string in Java


The length of a string is referred to as the total number of characters it contains. 