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Subject: Re: Counting Characters!!
Date: Mon, 16 Sep 2024 16:08:14 -0000 (UTC)
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On Mon, 16 Sep 2024 17:55:02 +0200
Bonita Montero <Bonita.Montero@gmail.com> boringly babbled:
>Am 14.09.2024 um 21:41 schrieb Chris Ahlstrom:
>> DMZ wrote this copyrighted missive and expects royalties:
>> 
>>> This simple program will count characters for you!!
>>>
>>> #include <stdio.h>
>>>
>>> int main()
>>> {
>>>       printf(" = %d characters", printf("Hello World!"));
>>>
>>>       return 0;
>>> }
>> 
>> Cute.
>> 
>
>Nice, but this counts the characters at compile-time:
>
>	std::string_view sv( "Hello World!" );
>	std::cout << sv << " = " << sv.length() << " characters" << endl;

So does sizeof("Hello world!");