What is the maximum size for a string in C#? [duplicate]

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What is the maximum possible length of a .NET string?

I need to know how many characters a string can contain in C#?

Is it the same as the max length of a char array?

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String.Length is an int so the its size is 2,147,483,647. But consider using StringBuilder if you find yourself asking this question !