Re: strlen() gives a wrong count

Once I say \n as strlen() = 2, if I remember correctly. Definitively not 1. Any whitespaces, tabs, newline, or similar inside? strlen() count them different. -- Julio Nobrega. Um dia eu chego lá: http://sourceforge.net/projects/toca Ajudei? Salvei? Que tal um presentinho? http://www.submarino.com.br/wishlistclient.asp?wlid=664176742884 "Gil Disatnik" <Jewnix@technohac.com> wrote in message news:5.1.0.14.2.20020319220006.0148e9a0@servus... > Hello there, > > I have a 98 characters string (including spaces), wc -c says it's 98 > characters and a file containing this string is 98 bytes as well. > > For some reason - strlen() says it's more... it says it's a 104 characters > strings, when I removed the spaces (using sed on the shell and using > str_replace on php) - wc said it's 83 characters and strlen() said it's 89... > > How could that be? is there another way to get the exact number of > characters in a string? > > Thanks. > > > > Regards > > Gil Disatnik > UNIX system/security administrator. > > GibsonLP@EFnet > > _-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_ > "Windows NT has detected mouse movement, you MUST restart > your computer before the new settings will take effect, [ OK ]" > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Windows is a 32 bit patch to a 16 bit GUI based on a 8 bit operating > system, written for a 4 bit processor by a 2 bit company which can > not stand 1 bit of competition. > -_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_- > >