Why is the length different?

Question

//delphi 7 procedure TForm1.Button1Click(Sender: TObject); Var strList: TStringList; strLength: String; begin strList:= TStringList.Create; strList.Text:= 'example'; // 7 characters strLength:= IntToStr(Length(strList.Text)); Showmessage(strLength); // 9 characters strList.Free; end; strList.Text:= 'example'; where the length is 7 characters Showmessage(strLength); why am i getting the 9 character result?

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