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#BYTES_LENGTH

Return the number of bytes used by a string, which may contain multi-byte UTF8 characters that use more than one byte.  This operates on a string as a byte stream, not a character stream.

Prototype

#BYTES_LENGTH($string)

Parameters

  • string - The input string.

Return

Returns the number of bytes used by string.

Example

#/ Chars: 18, Bytes: 18
#LOCAL($Text, "This is some text.")
Chars: #STRLEN($Text)
Bytes: #BYTES_LENGTH($Text)

#/ Chars: 11, Bytes: 21
#ASSIGN($Text, "Мощный курс")
Chars: #STRLEN($Text)
Bytes: #BYTES_LENGTH($Text)

Related

#STRLEN