Counting letters in a string

Question

Hi,
I am new to Java. What's the most efficient way to count the number of characters in a string. I have a string of text called MyText. I was thinking of a for loop but maybe there is better solution?
Regards,
Rob.

Answer 1

FYI:
    public static void main(String[] args)
        String word;
        System.out.println("Enter word");
        word = EasyScanner.nextString();
        word.length(); // this is redundant and serves no purpose
        System.out.println(word.length());
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Good luck.
Edited by: Encephalopathic on Jan 6, 2008 10:45 AM