The length property of an instance of the String object returns the total length of the string.
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var myString1 = new String("Hello, World");
var myString2 = new String("Here is a longer string");
var myString3 = new String("Here is an even longer string");
document.write(myString1 + ": is " + myString1.length);
document.write(" characters long.<br>");
document.write(myString2 + ": is " + myString2.length);
document.write(" characters long.<br>");
document.write(myString3 + ": is " + myString3.length);
document.write(" characters long.<br>");
document.close();
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