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[[["Easy to understand","easyToUnderstand","thumb-up"],["Solved my problem","solvedMyProblem","thumb-up"],["Other","otherUp","thumb-up"]],[["Missing the information I need","missingTheInformationINeed","thumb-down"],["Too complicated / too many steps","tooComplicatedTooManySteps","thumb-down"],["Out of date","outOfDate","thumb-down"],["Samples / code issue","samplesCodeIssue","thumb-down"],["Other","otherDown","thumb-down"]],["Last updated 2023-10-06 UTC."],[[["\u003cp\u003e\u003ccode\u003eString.length()\u003c/code\u003e is a method that returns the number of characters in a string as an integer.\u003c/p\u003e\n"],["\u003cp\u003eThe method takes one argument: the input string for which to determine the length.\u003c/p\u003e\n"],["\u003cp\u003eExamples demonstrate its usage in both JavaScript and Python within the Earth Engine environment.\u003c/p\u003e\n"]]],["The `String.length()` method calculates the number of characters in a string. It takes a string as input (`this: string`) and returns an integer representing the string's length. For example, an empty string returns a length of 0, while the string 'abc123' returns a length of 6. This function can be used in both JavaScript and Python (using the `ee` library and `geemap`).\n"],null,["Returns the length of a string.\n\n\u003cbr /\u003e\n\n| Usage | Returns |\n|-------------------|---------|\n| String.length`()` | Integer |\n\n| Argument | Type | Details |\n|----------------|--------|------------------------------------------|\n| this: `string` | String | The string from which to get the length. |\n\nExamples\n\nCode Editor (JavaScript) \n\n```javascript\nprint(ee.String('').length()); // 0\nprint(ee.String('abc123').length()); // 6\n```\nPython setup\n\nSee the [Python Environment](/earth-engine/guides/python_install) page for information on the Python API and using\n`geemap` for interactive development. \n\n```python\nimport ee\nimport geemap.core as geemap\n```\n\nColab (Python) \n\n```python\nprint(ee.String('').length().getInfo()) # 0\nprint(ee.String('abc123').length().getInfo()) # 6\n```"]]