On 22 Apr 2005 13:28:57 -0700, codecraig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > i want to the number of bytes in a string... > > is, len(x) accurate? > > so, x = "hi" > len(x) == 2 ....so that means two bytes? > > thanks
No, that means that the string is two bytes in length. The number of bytes is dependent on the encoding. It seems like there was a thread on this subject recently. jw -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list