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Handling encoded strings |
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'''Interpreter:''' [[Python]] 2.4 |
'''Interpreter:''' [[Python]] 2.4 |
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len() returns the length of a unicode string or plain ascii string. To get the length of encoded string, you have to decode it first: |
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<pre> |
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>>> len('ascii') |
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5 |
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>>> len(u'\u05d0') # the letter Alef as unicode literal |
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1 |
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>>> len('\xd7\x90'.decode('utf-8')) # Same encoded as utf-8 string |
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1 |
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</pre> |
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==[[Ruby]]== |
==[[Ruby]]== |
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