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<pre class="c code c++" style="font-family:monospace;"> <span class="co2">#include &lt;string&gt;</span>
size_type size<span class="br0">&#40;</span><span class="br0">&#41;</span> <span class="kw4">const</span><span class="sy0">;</span></pre>
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The size method returns the number of characters in the current string.
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The size method usually runs in <a href="../complexity.html" class="wikilink1" title="complexity">constant time</a>.
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Related Topics: <a href="../string/capacity.html" class="wikilink1" title="string:capacity">capacity</a>, <a href="../string/empty.html" class="wikilink1" title="string:empty">empty</a>, <a href="../string/length.html" class="wikilink1" title="string:length">length</a>, <a href="../string/max_size.html" class="wikilink1" title="string:max_size">max_size</a>, <a href="../string/resize.html" class="wikilink1" title="string:resize">resize</a>
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