Neil wrote: > > Dear All: > > Question: > > How come the length of Chinese word I print shows “ 3 “. > > Isn’t it supposed to 2 bytes? > > Program: > > ----------------------------------- > > $str=”我”; > > $str_len = length($str); > > Print $str_len, “\n\n”; > > ------------------------------------ > > The result is 3 > > I took a picture for the program. In case of it doesn’t show Chinese > word in some of your system, > > Pls see the attachment > > My environment: > > CPU: Intel Pentium C2D T7200 > > OS: Fedora Core 6 > > Perl V: 5.8.8 > > Encode: Big5 > > Thank you > First, "我" is comes with 2 bytes ASCII 167 + 218 in BIG5 coding. What I would bet the guess is the editor converted something before you run the code or because you are on a *nix platform ( since you heading your script #!/usr/bin/perl , so I assume ) , however I don't familiar with.
You may check if there's some Unicode or UTF-8 issues. in UTF-8, there's 3 bytes. You may also check for other words and see if there's still in 3 bytes. HTH, Mug -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.
