How to Get the Length of a Character String in R (Example Code)

This tutorial explains how to find the amount of characters in a string in R.

Construction of Example Data

x <- "slfghdslkgnjkdsngjdf"        # Create a random character string

Example: Apply nchar Function to Get Number of Characters in String

nchar(x)                           # Return length of string
# 20

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