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From: Bonita Montero <Bonita.Montero@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Counting Characters!!
Date: Mon, 16 Sep 2024 19:08:14 +0200
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Am 16.09.2024 um 18:08 schrieb Muttley@dastardlyhq.com:
> 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!");
> 

But sizeof(string_literal) includes the null-terminating character.