The value of variable z can be calculated by first evaluating the expression y.length - 2 * x.length, which involves subtracting twice the length of x from the length of y.
The length of x is 5, and the length of y is 6.
So y.length - 2 * x.length evaluates to 6 - 2 * 5, which is -4.
Then, the expression (3) is simply the number 3.
Adding these two values together gives:
z = -4 + 3 = -1
Therefore, the value of variable z is -1.