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title: byte_size
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tags: string, beginner
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---
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Returns the length of a string in bytes.
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Use `input_string.encode('utf-8')` to encode the given string and return its length.
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```py
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def byte_size(input_string):
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return len(input_string.encode('utf-8'))
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```
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```py
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byte_size('😀') # 4
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byte_size('Hello World') # 11
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```
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