Length of String
The length of strings indicates the number of characters present in the string. The function str_length() belonging to the ‘string’ package or nchar() inbuilt function of R can be used to determine the length of strings in R.
Using the str_length() function
R
# R program for finding length of string# Importing packagelibrary(stringr)# Calculating length of string str_length("hello") |
Output
5
Using nchar() function
R
# R program to find length of string# Using nchar() functionnchar("hel'lo") |
Output
6
R Strings
Strings are a bunch of character variables. It is a one-dimensional array of characters. One or more characters enclosed in a pair of matching single or double quotes can be considered a string in R. Strings in R Programming represent textual content and can contain numbers, spaces, and special characters. An empty string is represented by using “. R Strings are always stored as double-quoted values. A double-quoted string can contain single quotes within it. Single-quoted strings can’t contain single quotes. Similarly, double quotes can’t be surrounded by double quotes.
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