# strlenu {#strlenu}

**Parent topic:**[Functions](../../Functions/category.md)

## Syntax {#syntax}

`strlenu(X)`

## Arguments {#arguments}

**X** is a string scalar/vector.

## Details {#details}

Get the length of a string encoded by Unicode.

## Examples {#examples}

```
strlenu("database")
// output: 8

strlenu(["database","DolphinDB"])
// output: [8,9]
```

