Re: Counting Characters!!

From	Muttley@dastardlyhq.com
Newsgroups	comp.lang.c++, alt.comp.lang.c++.misc
Subject	Re: Counting Characters!!
Date	2024-09-17 07:21 +0000
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On Mon, 16 Sep 2024 19:08:14 +0200
Bonita Montero <Bonita.Montero@gmail.com> boringly babbled:
>Am 16.09.2024 um 18:08 schrieb Muttley@dastardlyhq.com:
>> On Mon, 16 Sep 2024 17:55:02 +0200
>> Bonita Montero <Bonita.Montero@gmail.com> boringly babbled:
>>> Am 14.09.2024 um 21:41 schrieb Chris Ahlstrom:
>>>> DMZ wrote this copyrighted missive and expects royalties:
>>>>
>>>>> This simple program will count characters for you!!
>>>>>
>>>>> #include <stdio.h>
>>>>>
>>>>> int main()
>>>>> {
>>>>>        printf(" = %d characters", printf("Hello World!"));
>>>>>
>>>>>        return 0;
>>>>> }
>>>>
>>>> Cute.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Nice, but this counts the characters at compile-time:
>>>
>>> 	std::string_view sv( "Hello World!" );
>>> 	std::cout << sv << " = " << sv.length() << " characters" << endl;
>> 
>> So does sizeof("Hello world!");
>> 
>
>But sizeof(string_literal) includes the null-terminating character.

Gosh! Maybe you could do sizeof()-1 then. Just a thought!

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Counting Characters!! DMZ <dmz@dmz.dmz> - 2024-09-14 04:59 +0000
  Re: Counting Characters!! Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> - 2024-09-14 15:41 -0400
    Re: Counting Characters!! Mike Terry <news.dead.person.stones@darjeeling.plus.com> - 2024-09-14 22:04 +0100
    Re: Counting Characters!! Bonita Montero <Bonita.Montero@gmail.com> - 2024-09-16 17:55 +0200
      Re: Counting Characters!! Muttley@dastardlyhq.com - 2024-09-16 16:08 +0000
        Re: Counting Characters!! Bonita Montero <Bonita.Montero@gmail.com> - 2024-09-16 19:08 +0200
          Re: Counting Characters!! Muttley@dastardlyhq.com - 2024-09-17 07:21 +0000
            Re: Counting Characters!! Bonita Montero <Bonita.Montero@gmail.com> - 2024-09-17 13:41 +0200

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