How long is a String?
Text comes in all sizes - from single characters to entire paragraphs. Knowing how many characters a String contains is essential for validation, formatting, and processing text. Let's discover how Java helps you measure Strings!
This exercise is part of the course
Introduction to Java
Exercise instructions
- Use the
.length()method to find out the length of thebookNamevariable, saving the result asbookNameLength. - Find the length of the author's name,
"Terry Pratchett", and save it using the correct primitive type.
Hands-on interactive exercise
Have a go at this exercise by completing this sample code.
class HowLong {
public static void main(String[] args) {
String bookName = "Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch";
// Find the length of bookName
int bookNameLength = bookName.____();
// Find the length of the String and save it
____ authorNameLength = "Terry Pratchett".____;
System.out.println("The length of the book title is " + bookNameLength);
System.out.println("The length of the author's name is " + authorNameLength);
}
}