How to find length of string?

[fahmankhan75]

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Suppose user enters in a string of input "ab." I have these images [code]	{
" _______   ",                    
"(  ___  )  " ,                   
"| (   ) |  "  ,               
"| (___) |  "   ,                   
"|  ___  |  "    ,                  
"| (   ) |  "     ,               
"| )   ( |  "                
"|/     \\|  "},                

{
" ______    "   ,                     
"(  ___ \\   "   ,                   
"| (   ) )  "     ,               
"| (__/ /   "      ,                 
"|  __ (    "       ,                 
"| (  \\ \\   "      ,               
"| )___) )  "                 
"|/ \\___/   "},  

 {

I want to find the length of these images. I know i have to use the strvariable.length() but not really sure how. If someone can give me an algrotihm i would appreaicate it. Thanks guys!!!
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