PERL Beginners - how to get the buffer size of a string

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how to get the buffer size of a string

Motherofperls@aol.com

2004-03-18, 6:22 pm

Hi everyone,

Does perl have a function to get the buffer size of a string?

Thanks,
Tricia

Paul Johnson

2004-03-18, 6:22 pm

Motherofperls@aol.com said:

> Does perl have a function to get the buffer size of a string?

length()

perldoc -f length

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Motherofperls@aol.com

2004-03-18, 6:22 pm

length() Returns the length in characters. How do I translate that to bytes?

Bob Showalter

2004-03-18, 6:22 pm

Motherofperls@aol.com wrote:
> length() Returns the length in characters. How do I translate that
> to bytes?

Read 'perldoc bytes' for an example of how to do this.

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