# Overview
A **string** in C++ is used to store text. This kind of variable contains a collection of characters that are enclosed by double quotes ``" "``.

The ``length()`` function is simply used to get the length of a given string.

# Syntax
```c
string.length()
```

# Parameters
The ``length`` function takes no parameters.

# Return value
The ``length()`` function returns the length of a string.

# Code

#include <iostream>
#include <string>
using namespace std;

int main() {
  //creating a string variable
  string name = "Theophilus";

  // using the length() function
  cout << "The length of the string is: " << name.length();
  return 0;
}

## Explanation
- *Line 7*: We created a string variable.
- *Line 10*: We used the `length()` function and displayed the result. 

How to get the length of a string using length() in C++

Use the length() function in C++ to find the length of a string.