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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
# 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
# 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


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