string length

[vertigo]

Hello
Sorry for such simple question:
i have:
my $myval="long sentence...."
How can i count $myval length (how many characters does it have) ?

Thanx
Michal

 

[Marek Dabrowski]

Hello
Sorry for such simple question:
i have:
my $myval="long sentence...."
How can i count $myval length (how many characters does it have) ?

Thanx
Michal

length("some string");

 

[Jürgen Exner]

my $myval="long sentence...."
How can i count $myval length (how many characters does it have) ?

We haven't had this SAQ (Self Answering Question) for a while: perldoc -f
length

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