lenb

Number of bytes in a string.

Syntax

v = lenb(text)

Description

Like len but returns the byte length, with multi-byte (e.g. CJK) characters counted by their UTF-8 byte width.

Example

lenb('hello')          % 5

See also

• len — Number of characters in a string.
• leftb — First N bytes of a string.
• rightb — Last N bytes of a string.
• midb — Substring by byte position and length.