counting string length 1

[broloc]

any function in perl to count string length?i've tried length($string) but couldn't make it work.do i have to initialize any module to work with this function?

 

[dickiebird]

How about LNGTH=${#stringname} Dickie Bird (-)))

 

[tanderso]

my $length = int($string =~ s/./$1/g);

Sincerely,

Tom Anderson
CEO, Order amid Chaos, Inc.

http://www.oac-design.com

 

[MikeLacey]

hang on....... before we go through a million workarounds

What's not working about length()? Mike

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[tanderso]

Aw, come on Mike, the workarounds are what we all look forward to
Sincerely,

Tom Anderson
CEO, Order amid Chaos, Inc.

http://www.oac-design.com

 

[MikeLacey]

<grin> he he he, well yes -- but even so, length() is a reliable function.... Mike

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[Haunter]

I think his problem is that he is just not capturing the result of length.

$var1='2234';
$var2=length($var1);
print &quot;The length of Variable 1 is $var2&quot;;

This works just fine.

 

[broloc]

thnks a lot guys..got that code working already