Re: what exactly is string length?

[rikki cattermole via Digitalmars-d-learn]

On 02/04/2021 5:32 PM, mw wrote:

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import std;
import std.conv : text;


void main()
{
    char[6] s;
    s = "abc";
    writeln(s, s.length);  // abc6, ok it's the static array's length

    string t = text("head-", s, "-tail");
    writeln(t, t.length);  // head-abc-tail16, why?

assert(t[9] == '\0');

}
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