figuring out # of bytes

[Jaime Wyant]

On 4/22/05, Jaime Wyant <programmer.py at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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.

Ughh, i misstated.   More correctly, the string is 2 "characters" in
length.  The number of bytes per character depends on the encoding.

jw