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 {{works with|C sharp|C #|1.0+}}
-===Byte Length===
+===Character Length===
 <lang cpp>string s = "Hello, world!";
-int blength = System.Text.Encoding.GetBytes(s).length; // In Bytes.</lang>
+int characterLength = s.Length;</lang>
+===Byte Length===
+Strings in .NET are stored in Unicode.
+<lang cpp>using System.Text;
+string s = "Hello, world!";
-===Character Length===
+int byteLength = Encoding.Unicode.GetByteCount(s);</lang>
-<lang cpp>string s = "Hello, world!";
+To get the number of bytes that the string would require in a different encoding, e.g., UTF8:
-int clength = s.Length;  // In characters</lang>
+<lang cpp>int utf8ByteLength = Encoding.UTF8.GetByteCount(s);</lang>
 =={{header|Clean}}==