How to get the number of characters in a std::string?

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If you’re using a std::string, call length():

std::string str = "hello";
std::cout << str << ":" << str.length();
// Outputs "hello:5"

If you’re using a c-string, call strlen().

const char *str = "hello";
std::cout << str << ":" << strlen(str);
// Outputs "hello:5"

Or, if you happen to like using Pascal-style strings (or f***** strings as Joel Spolsky likes to call them when they have a trailing NULL), just dereference the first character.

const char *str = "\005hello";
std::cout << str + 1 << ":" << *str;
// Outputs "hello:5"

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