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Reference · stzString

SizeInBytes()

The size of the string in bytes (UTF-8).

Basic examples (2)

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o1 = new stzString("s㊱m")
? o1.NumberOfBytes()
? o1.SizeInBytes()
? @@(o1.Bytes())
? @@(o1.NumberOfBytesPerChar())
Output
5
5
[ "s", "�", "�", "�", "m" ]
[ [ "s", 1 ], [ "㊱", 3 ], [ "m", 1 ] ]

run on 2026-10-02 04:22 inside the library at commit 0e72e2e2c; taken from 118_numberofbytes.ring(opens in a new tab)

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o1 = new stzString("Softanza")
# eight content bytes
? o1.SizeInBytes()
# the 64-bit struct size is reported
? o1.SizeInBytes64() > 0
# ... and the 32-bit one
? o1.SizeInBytes32() > 0
Output
8
1
1

run on 2026-10-02 04:23 inside the library at commit 0e72e2e2c; taken from 06_sizeinbytes.ring(opens in a new tab)

Scope (1)

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o1 = new stzString("🐨")
# four content bytes
? o1.SizeInBytes()
aXT = o1.SizeInBytesXT()
# the struct breakdown has four rows
? len(aXT)
# headed by the list-structure row
? aXT[1][1]
Output
4
4
RING_64BIT_LIST_STRUCTURE_SIZE

run on 2026-10-02 04:24 inside the library at commit 0e72e2e2c; taken from 860_write_a_narration_about_it.ring(opens in a new tab)

The extensions of this method

Each extension, and whether it exists for this method; an extension that exists combines with the others (FindSTCS).

Extension
Exists
What it adds · The names
Q
no
does what the method does, then returns the object, so the call can be chained
QQ
no
chains on the next, more specific type of object (the Q ladder)
QQQ
no
chains on the most specific type of object (the Q ladder)
QRT
no
returns the result as an object of the requested type
CS
no
takes a case-sensitivity flag
ST
no
takes the position to start from (StartingAt)
IB
no
takes bounds that are included (IncludingBounds)
XT
no
the extended form: more parameters than the base method
XTT
no
yet another extension: a further extended form, after XT
Z
no
includes the position in what it returns
ZZ
no
returns positions as sections, [start, end]
W
no
selects by a condition
WF
no
selects by a condition, with the expressive keywords (@NextItem, @PreviousItem...)
D
no
takes a direction, forward or backward (Directional)
F
no
takes a function (the condition or the update is given as a function); the forms document also uses F for the future form, which defers the action
Many
no
works on a collection of items instead of one (the plural form)
Except
no
takes exceptions, what to leave out (the exceptional form)
U
no
returns the result without duplication

Every example is a test file of the library, run inside the library for this page; only those whose output kept every promise their file wrote are shown.

See also