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23 lines
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---
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title: Byte size of string
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tags: string
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expertise: beginner
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cover: blog_images/river-house-lights.jpg
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firstSeen: 2018-02-01T10:19:59+02:00
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lastUpdated: 2020-11-02T19:27:07+02:00
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---
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Returns the length of a string in bytes.
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- Use `str.encode()` to encode the given string and return its length.
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```py
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def byte_size(s):
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return len(s.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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