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# String length

```ruby
var str = "J\x{332}o\x{332}s\x{332}e\x{301}\x{332}"
```

### Byte Length

UTF-8 byte length (default):

```ruby
say str.bytes.len       #=> 14
```

UTF-16 byte length:

```ruby
say str.encode('UTF-16').bytes.len      #=> 20
```

### Character Length

```ruby
say str.chars.len    #=> 9
```

### Grapheme Length

```ruby
say str.graphs.len   #=> 4
```