string_byte_length

Returns the number of bytes in a string.

Syntax:

string_byte_length( str );


Argument Description
str The string to measure the number of bytes of.


Returns: Real


Description

This function returns the number of bytes in a string, but you should note that due to their being held as UTF8, this will not be equal to their string length.


Example:

bytesize = string_byte_length("Hello World");

This would set bytesize to the number of bytes in "Hello World".


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