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# numpy.core.defchararray.chararray.size

`chararray.``size`

  Number of elements in the array.

  Equivalent to `np.prod(a.shape)`, i.e., the product of the array’s dimensions.

  Examples

      >>> x = np.zeros((3, 5, 2), dtype=np.complex128)
      >>> x.size
      30
      >>> np.prod(x.shape)
      30