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#  Overview
**`bytesize`** is a method in Ruby that is used to count the number of bytes in a string.
It gets the length of a string in bytes.

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#  Syntax
```ruby
str.bytesize
```

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## Parameters
`bytesize` does not take any parameters.

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## Return value
The value returned is an integer value that represents the count of bytes in a string.

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## Code example
In the code below, we will create some strings and get their sizes in bytes.




# create strings
str1 = "Edpresso"
str2 = "is"
str3 = "the best"

# get the bytes sizes
a = str1.bytesize
b = str2.bytesize
c = str3.bytesize

# print out returned values
puts a
puts b
puts c

How to get the size of a string in bytes in Ruby

Count the number of bytes in a string using the Ruby method `bytesize`.