Programming-Idioms

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2019-09-30, 19:54:45

2019-12-01, 11:46:00

Idiom #169 String length

Assign to integer n the number of characters of string s.

This can be different from the number of bytes of s.

Assign to integer n the number of characters of string s.

This can be different from the number of bytes of s.

size characters chars number runes

size characters chars number runes

uses sysutils;

uses sysutils;

n := s.length;

n := s.length;

Works correctly in Lazarus IDE v. >= 1.8.0.

Works correctly if s is of type UnicodeString and the string is not encoded using combining characters.

https://www.freepascal.org/docs-html/rtl/sysutils/tstringhelper.length.html

https://www.freepascal.org/docs-html/rtl/sysutils/tstringhelper.length.html

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