how to find the memory a String would occupy

[Chandhrasekar Saravanan]

Hi ,
I would like to check the memory the string occupies using java.
is there also an way, i could find the memory a file would occupy
Thanks
Chandhrasekar Saravanan

[Cindy Glass]

Well the String itself is implemented at a char array, so just count the chars.
Then there is a little overhead elsewhere to track it's location.
A file could be more complex. You could just read it out byte by byte and find out.

[Chandhrasekar Saravanan]

hi cindy,
I really couldnt get your answer. i am able to count the charecters of the string. but i couldnt find any method to find the memeory it would occupy.
please help me with a little more detailed answer
Thanks
Chandhrasekar Saravanan

[Michael Morris]

I really couldnt get your answer. i am able to count the charecters of the string. but i couldnt find any method to find the memeory it would occupy.
Do you mean the physical address of the String object in memory?

[Layne Lund]

If you are referring to the AMOUNT of memory, rather than the LOCATION in memory, each char is 2 bytes long in Java. So if a String has 10 characters, it occupies 20 bytes, plus whatever overhead is needed for the String class itself.
HTH
Layne

[Ahetuki Neti]

Use getBytes() on the string object and find the length of the byte array.