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count_chars

Summary

Returns the length of the input string.

Usage

input|count_chars()

Returns

An integer revealing the string length.

Description

This operator counts and returns the number of characters (all of them, whitespaces included) that make up the input string.

Examples

Example 1

{'Testing 1 2 3'|count_chars()}

The following output will be returned: "13".

Example 2

{'Testing'|count_chars()}

The following output will be returned: "7".

Balazs Halasy (05/02/2004 10:53 am)

Balazs Halasy (04/05/2005 2:38 pm)

Comments

  • Passing the string as an argument

    Wednesday 12 October 2005 2:40:57 pm

    Tristan Rivoallan

    Passing the string as an argument doesn't work (ie. function returns nothing). Why ?
    I doesn't seem like this behavior is the same among all operators.

    • Re: Passing the string as an argument

      Friday 21 September 2007 11:41:34 am

      Meinhard Benn

      use count() instead:
      {count('hello world')}