hmashruf

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• Mar 22nd, 2006

 

Hi,

Length gives current length of an array a[] while it is not null. Size gives its capacity.

-ashruf

Shunmugar Raja

• Mar 24th, 2006

 

Me too not sure about that strange "length".One thing that i am sure is "length" is a property.It is not a method and all.It may be a public property that is defined for Array Type (int[], char[]., String[], Vector[])..

jeroldwilson

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• Mar 29th, 2006

 

length is not a method ,It is a varaible which identifies the length of the array by subtracting one with the index position of (null)'/0'.

postion of the index at present - 1 ---------> gives the len of the variable

( so subtractin the one represent the postion of the index )

So the index postion is stored in the vairable called length

K.V.N.R.MURALI KRISHNA

• Mar 29th, 2006

 

if you use an array ,we use length key word to know the size of an array. because array used primitive data types.

if you use String then you use length() method. which returns the size of the string.which stores an objects.

Nishi

• Mar 31st, 2006

 

          As we are having the type called array in Java... All the array which has the instantiation(ie., new arraytype[size]) will atomatically has the integer variable with the name length(It is a variable not a method). Whenever the array size declared it holds the length of that Array instance in the variable called length...

          Another piece of Information it is Static Variable....

srinivas

• May 17th, 2006

 

hi,

In case of Array, lenght is called a member variable.In case of Strings and

Files it is a method. so in this case we ().

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