figuring out # of bytes

[John J. Lee]

Jaime Wyant <programmer.py at gmail.com> writes:

> 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
[...]

That's only an issue if type(x) != str.  (eg., type(x) == unicode)


John