RosettaCodeData/Task/String-length/REXX/string-length.rexx

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/*REXX program displays the lengths (in bytes/characters) for various strings. */
/* 1 */ /*a handy-dandy over/under scale.*/
/* 123456789012345 */
hello = 'Hello, world!' ; say 'the length of HELLO is ' length(hello)
happy = 'Hello, world! ' ; say 'the length of HAPPY is ' length(happy)
jose = 'José' ; say 'the length of JOSE is ' length(jose)
nill = '' ; say 'the length of NILL is ' length(nill)
null = ; say 'the length of NULL is ' length(null)
sum = 5+1 ; say 'the length of SUM is ' length(sum)
/* [↑] is, of course, 6. */
/*stick a fork in it, we're done.*/