Ruby | Symbol length function

Symbol#length() : length() is a Symbol class method which returns the length of the symbol.

Syntax: Symbol.length()

Parameter: Symbol values

Return: the length of the symbol

Example #1 :

# Ruby code for Symbol.length() method

# declaring Symbol
a = :aBcDeF

# declaring Symbol
b = :"\u{e4 f6 fc}"

# declaring Symbol
c = :ABCDEF

# Symbol
puts "Symbol a : #{a}\n\n"
puts "Symbol b : #{b}\n\n"
puts "Symbol c : #{c}\n\n\n\n"


# length form
puts "Symbol a length form : #{a.length}\n\n"
puts "Symbol b length form : #{b.length}\n\n"
puts "Symbol c length form : #{c.length}\n\n"

Output :

Symbol a : aBcDeF

Symbol b : äöü

Symbol c : ABCDEF



Symbol a length form : 6

Symbol b length form : 3

Symbol c length form : 6

Example #2 :

# Ruby code for Symbol.length() method

# declaring Symbol
a = :geeks

# declaring Symbol
b = :"\u{e5 f6 f3}"

# declaring Symbol
c = :GEEKS

# Symbol
puts "Symbol a : #{a}\n\n"
puts "Symbol b : #{b}\n\n"
puts "Symbol c : #{c}\n\n\n\n"


# length form
puts "Symbol a length form : #{a.length}\n\n"
puts "Symbol b length form : #{b.length}\n\n"
puts "Symbol c length form : #{c.length}\n\n"

Output :

Symbol a : geeks

Symbol b : åöó

Symbol c : GEEKS



Symbol a length form : 5

Symbol b length form : 3

Symbol c length form : 5