public partial class MainWindow : Window
{
    // . . .
    private async void startButton_Click(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
    {
        // ONE
        Task<int> getLengthTask = AccessTheWebAsync();

        // FOUR
        int contentLength = await getLengthTask;

        // SIX
        resultsTextBox.Text +=
            $"\r\nLength of the downloaded string: {contentLength}.\r\n";
    }

    async Task<int> AccessTheWebAsync()
    {
        // TWO
        HttpClient client = new HttpClient();
        Task<string> getStringTask =
            client.GetStringAsync("https://msdn.microsoft.com");

        // THREE
        string urlContents = await getStringTask;

        // FIVE
        return urlContents.Length;
    }
}