StringLength

The number of characters in s.

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StringLength(s)the number of Unicode code points in s

Typed signatures

Type	Package	Applies
(string) -> integer	combinatorics	always

Domain: Collections

Details

• Counts code points, not UTF-16 units: a😀b has 3, not 4 (the emoji is one code point represented as two UTF-16 units) — same convention as ToCharacterCode and compute-engine's own Characters.

Examples

Basic #

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In$\mathrm{StringLength}(\text{\text{a😀b}})$Out$3$

Counts characters

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In$\mathrm{StringLength}(\text{tiger})$Out$5$

Properties #

The empty string has length zero

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In$\mathrm{StringLength}(\text{})$Out$0$

About

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See also: StringTake, ToCharacterCode