使用Xcode 6.4、Swift 1.2和iOS 8.4：

    //: Playground - noun: a place where people can play

    import UIKit

    var str = "  He\u{2606}  "
    count(str) // 7

    let length = count(str.stringByTrimmingCharactersInSet(NSCharacterSet.whitespaceAndNewlineCharacterSet())) as Int // 3
    println(length == 3) // true

雨燕1.1

extension String {
    var length: Int { return countElements(self) }  // 
}

雨燕1.2

extension String {
    var length: Int { return count(self)         }  // 
}

斯威夫特2.0

extension String {
    var length: Int { return characters.count    }  // 
}

雨燕4.2

extension String {
    var length: Int { return self.count }           
}

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

字符串和NSString是免费桥，因此您可以使用NSString和swift字符串的所有可用方法

let x = "test" as NSString
let y : NSString = "string 2"
let lenx = x.count
let leny = y.count

斯威夫特4

let str =  "Your name"

str.count 

记住：空格也计入数字

您可以使用str.utf8.count和str.utf16.count，我认为这是最好的解决方案

您可以将此函数添加到扩展

extension NSString { 
    func charLength() -> Int {
        return count(self as String)
    }
}