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ee.String.length
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Returns the length of a string.
| Usage | Returns | String.length() | Integer |
| Argument | Type | Details | this: string | String | The string from which to get the length. |
Examples
Code Editor (JavaScript)
print(ee.String('').length()); // 0
print(ee.String('abc123').length()); // 6
Python setup
See the
Python Environment page for information on the Python API and using
geemap for interactive development.
import ee
import geemap.core as geemap
Colab (Python)
print(ee.String('').length().getInfo()) # 0
print(ee.String('abc123').length().getInfo()) # 6
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Last updated 2023-10-06 UTC.
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