# How many characters in a variable?

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-many-characters-in-a-variable/190533>\
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**Created:** [June 12, 2006, 6:57pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-many-characters-in-a-variable/190533 "2006-06-12T18:57:16Z")\
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**Author:** ![tanel96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/5fc32e/32.png) [@tanel96](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/tanel96)\
**Post date:** [June 12, 2006, 6:57pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-many-characters-in-a-variable/190533/1 "2006-06-12T18:57:16Z")

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Does anyone know, how to count the number of characters in a variable ?

Eg…

```auto
 
var smth = "mynameisB7";

```

this should return 10