String length in Swift 1.2 and Swift 2.0 [duplicate]

Answer 1

Here is all in one -- copied from here

let str = "Hello"
let count = str.length    // returns 5 (Int)

extension String {
    var length: Int { return countElements(self) }  // Swift 1.1
}
extension String {
    var length: Int { return count(self)         }  // Swift 1.2
}
extension String {
    var length: Int { return characters.count    }  // Swift 2.0
}