The normal model of Java string length String.length() is specified as returning the number of char values ("code units") in the String. That is the most generally useful definition of the length of a Java …

Feb 8, 2018 · Why do we have the length of an array as an attribute, array.length, and for String we have a method, str.length()? Is there some reason?

Nov 25, 2013 · size() is a method specified in java.util.Collection, which is then inherited by every data structure in the standard library. length is a field on any array (arrays are objects, you just don't see …

But when you are using people[i].length(), you are accessing the string at that position of the array, and getting the length of the string, therefore using the .length() method in the String class. However, just …

May 3, 2009 · Considering the String class' length method returns an int, the maximum length that would be returned by the method would be Integer.MAX_VALUE, which is 2^31 - 1 (or approximately 2 …

Mar 8, 2016 · 24 I am trying to sort an array of strings according to their length using Arrays.sort(), but this sorts the strings lexicographically rather than by length. Here is my code:

I need to produce fixed length string to generate a character position based file. The missing characters must be filled with space character. As an example, the field CITY has a fixed length of 15

Nov 26, 2009 · Sometimes you want to create a new string with a specified length, and with a default character filling the entire string. ie, it would be cool if you could do new String(10, '*') and create a …

Dec 14, 2011 · By ignoring this, we might trim the string to fewer than 10 code points, or (worse) truncate it in the middle of a surrogate pair. On the other hand, String.length() is not the correct …

I want to order an ArrayList of strings by length, but not just in numeric order. Say for example, the list contains these words: cucumber aeronomical bacon tea telescopic fantasmagorical They ne...