Length of the String without using length() method [closed]

Answer 1

Just to complete this with the most stupid method I can come up with: Generate all possible strings of length 1, use equals to compare them to the original string; if they are equal, the string length is 1. If no string matches, generate all possible strings of length 2, compare them, for string length 2. Etc. Continue until you find the string length or the universe ends, whatever happens first.

Answer 2

For the semi-best methods have been posted and there's nothing better then String#length...

Redirect System.out to a FileOutputStream, use System.out.print (not println()!) to print the string and get the file size - this is equal to the string length. Don't forget to restore System.out after the measurement.

;-)