# Operator on Strings
- Eliot Muir
- Aryn Wiebe
Owned by Eliot Muir
The # operator works on strings, tables and our HL7/X12 objects.
With strings, the # operator is used to get the length or number of characters of a string.
Try out this sample code in the Translator:
local myString = "Hello, World!"
local stringLength = #myString
trace("Length of the string: "..stringLength)Use the Annotation Window to see the # operator capture the string length.
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