figuring out # of bytes

[Jaime Wyant]

On 22 Apr 2005 13:28:57 -0700, codecraig <codecraig at gmail.com> wrote:
> i want to the number of bytes in a string...
> 
> is, len(x) accurate?
> 
> so, x = "hi"
> len(x) == 2 ....so that means two bytes?
> 
> thanks

No, that means that the string is two bytes in length.  The number of
bytes is dependent on the encoding.  It seems like there was a thread
on this subject recently.

jw