The Java String’s length() method complies with this best practice. So why doesn’t an array? The difference harks back to Java’s C -based heritage. C++, Java and the length of an array. The Java ...

About. In Java, string is basically an object that represents sequence of char values. An array of characters works same as Java string. Java String class provides a lot of methods to perform ...

To find the size of a Java array, query an array’s length property. The Java array size is set permanently when the array is initialized. The size or length count of an array in Java includes both ...

I have previously blogged on how Groovy and ActionScript provide demonstrations of switching on Strings functionality that has not been available in Java. JDK 7 changes this for Java by ...