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2022-07-13, 14:16:41

Version 111

2022-08-18, 22:39:31

Idiom #169 String length

Assign to the integer n the number of characters of the string s.
Make sure that multibyte characters are properly handled.
n can be different from the number of bytes of s.

Idiom #169 String length

Assign to the integer n the number of characters of the string s.
Make sure that multibyte characters are properly handled.
n can be different from the number of bytes of s.

Variables
n,s
Variables
n,s
Extra Keywords
size characters chars number runes
Extra Keywords
size characters chars number runes
Code 
(def n (.codePointCount s 0 (count s)))
Code 
(def n (.codePointCount s 0 (count s)))
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This properly handles Unicode characters. Using count alone will not work for Unicode characters encoded in more than one byte.
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This properly handles Unicode characters. Using count alone will not work for Unicode characters encoded in more than one byte.
Demo URL
https://replit.com/@ProgIdioms/UnsteadyHotPublishers#main.clj