Method String.width()
- Method width
int(8..8)|int(16..16)|int(32..32) width(string s)
- Description
Returns the width of a string.
- Returns
Three return values are currently possible:
8 The string s only contains characters <= 255.
16 The string s only contains characters <= 65535.
32 The string s contains characters >= 65536.
- Note
It is possible that a future version of Pike may return further values. In particular the width
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seems like it could be useful.