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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting Length of a variable Post 61790 by zazzybob on Tuesday 8th of February 2005 05:41:36 PM
Old 02-08-2005
Quote:
Originally Posted by karyn1617
but the # operator isn't working, it is telling me that the length is 1 when it is obviously two....
From the csh manual page, you'll see that the $#varname construct gives you the number of words contained within the variable, not the number of characters, i.e.
Code:
% set blah = `echo "foo bar cog dog"`
% echo $#blah
4

I totally agree with vgersh99 - csh should not be used (wherever possible) for scripting. It is far less powerful and flexible than Bourne-based shells.

For example, with bash
Code:
$ foo=12
$ echo ${#foo}
2

Which is exactly the result that you want! Smilie

Cheers
ZB
 

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classkit_method_redefine - Dynamically changes the code of the given method

SYNOPSIS
bool classkit_method_redefine (string $classname, string $methodname, string $args, string $code, [int $flags = CLASSKIT_ACC_PUBLIC]) DESCRIPTION
Note This function cannot be used to manipulate the currently running (or chained) method. Warning This function is EXPERIMENTAL. The behaviour of this function, its name, and surrounding documentation may change without notice in a future release of PHP. This function should be used at your own risk. PARAMETERS
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