# Length
It's easy in Javascript to know how many characters are in string using the property `.length`.
~~~
// Just use the property .length
var size = 'Our lovely string'.length;
~~~
**Note:** Strings can not be substracted, multiplied or divided.
Exercise
Store in the variable named `size` the length of `str`.
~~~
var str = "Hello World";
var size =
~~~
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