length....seems simple...but it isnt working

[amr amr]

I have a string that can be like

  
String b="111111";
int len=b.length();

I want to count the number of ones in the string...which should be 6 according to this example...but the length() functino doesnt seem to be returning the right value...helpp!!

[Dirk Schreckmann]

What value seems to be returned by b.length()? How is it that you are using/displaying this value?
When I run your code, with a System.out.println(len); immediately after it, I get 6, as expected.
[ April 09, 2004: Message edited by: Dirk Schreckmann ]