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instance method

String#size

size

VALUE
rb_str_length(VALUE str)
{
    return LONG2NUM(str_strlen(str, NULL));
}

Alias of #length

Returns the count of characters (not bytes) in self:

Example

"\x80\u3042".length # => 2
"hello".length # => 5

See also #length #shellsplit #slice #shellescape also in 4.1 · 4.0 · 3.4 · 3.3 · 3.2 · 3.1