# Length

Returns the number of items in an array or characters in a string.

```yaml
array:
  - Taylor Swift
  - Left Shark
  - Leroy Jenkins
string: LEEEEROOOYYYY JEEENKINNNSS!
```

::tabs

::tab antlers
```antlers
{{ array | length }}
{{ string | length }}
```
::tab blade
```blade
{{ Statamic::modify($array)->length() }}
{{ Statamic::modify($string)->length() }}
```
::

```html
3
27
```