The simple example below creates an array of names then uses the .length method to see how long it is:
andrew@UBUNTU:~/Java$ cat prog56.java
public class prog56
{
public static void main (String args[])
{
String[] names =
{"Andrew", "Brian", "Colin"};
System.out.println
("names has " + names.length + " entries");
}
}
andrew@UBUNTU:~/Java$ javac prog56.java
andrew@UBUNTU:~/Java$ java prog56
names has 3 entries
andrew@UBUNTU:~/Java$
