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+#REDIRECT [[String length]]
-{{task}}
-In this task, the goal is to find the length of a string.
-==[[mIRC]]==
-'''Compiler:''' [[mIRC]]
- alias stringlength { echo -a Your Name is: $len($$?="Whats your name") letters long! }
-==[[Python]]==
-'''Interpreter:''' [[Python]] 2.4
- length = len("This string length will be determined")
-==[[Perl]]==
-'''Interpreter:''' [[Perl]] any 5.X
-  my $length = length "Hello, world!";
-==[[Unix Shell]]==
-With external utilities:
-'''Interpreter:''' any bourne shell
-  string='Hello, world!'
-  length=`echo -n "$string" | wc -c | tr -dc '0-9'`
-With SUSv3 parameter expansion modifier:
-'''Interpreter:''' any reasonably recent ash/ksh/zsh/bash, tested with NetBSD 3.0's ash, PD KSH v5.2.14 99/07/13.2, zsh 4.2.6 and bash 3.2.
-  string='Hello, world!'
-  length="${#string}"
-==[[C]]==
-Standard ANSI C (AKA C89):
-'''Compiler:''' GCC 3.3.3
-  #include <string.h>
-  int main() {
-          const char *string = "Hello, world!";
-          size_t length = strlen(string);
-          return 0;
-  };