How to find the length of a string
Just out of being bored I decided to share some really basic source code. Here’s how to find the lenght of a text in my three favorite languages:
PHP
$s = "simple php programming"; $length = strlen($s);
JavaScript
var s = "simple javascript programming"; var length = s.length;
(Visual) Basic
dim s as string dim length as integer s = "simple basic programming"; length = len(s);
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The JavaScript version has a trivial bug. It should be «var length = s.length». length is a straightforward property, not a method to be invoked.
Thanks. Not only was I bored, also confused
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If a string is Unicoded, how many bytes does string fit?
Any idea for Javascript solution?