test1.endIndex给出的结果与Swift 3上的test1.characters.count相同

在Xcode 6.1.1中

extension String {    
    var length : Int { return self.utf16Count  }
}

我认为脑力劳动者会在每一个次要版本上改变这一点。

只需写一个扩展就可以得到长度：

extension String {
    // MARK: Use if it's Swift 2
    func stringLength(str: String) -> Int {
        return str.characters.count
    }

    // MARK: Use if it's Swift 3
    func stringLength(_ str: String) -> Int {
        return str.characters.count
    }

    // MARK: Use if it's Swift 4
    func stringLength(_ str: String) -> Int {
        return str.count
    }
}

为Xcode 6 beta 4更新，更改方法utf16count-->utf16count

 var test1: String = "Scott"
 var length =  test1.utf16Count

Or

 var test1: String = "Scott"
 var length = test1.lengthOfBytesUsingEncoding(NSUTF16StringEncoding)

您可以将此函数添加到扩展

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

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