Talk:LlStringLength

Anyone have any idea if LL is working on a built-in function to determine the number of bytes in a string? Considering functions like llHTTPRequest have limitations based on bytes, not just characters, this would be handy.

Convert the string to base64 (llStringToBase64) and count the characters. -- Strife ^{(talk|contribs)} 00:25, 31 March 2009 (UTC)

Anyone know a good method to get the number of characters excluding spaces and new lines? Even better, a method to exclude any particular characters?

(string)llParseString2List(input, [" ", "\n"], []) -- Strife ^{(talk|contribs)} 00:25, 31 March 2009 (UTC)

I just got bitten by the fact that llDialog() has a string length limit in *bytes*, while llStringLength tells me the length of a string in *characters*. I'm trying to figure out how to limit the length of a string in bytes. Strife's suggestion above seems incomplete (the number of characters in a base 64 string does not correspond one-to-one with the number of bytes in the original string, does it?). The getStringBytes snippet on the main page does seem like it does the job, but I don't understand why, and the explanation beneath it is opaque to me. Can someone offer a clearer explanation of what this is doing and why that is the right solution? (Possibly my confusion stems from not understanding how SL represents characters in bytes, or not being quite sure what llEscapeURL actually does - I have looked but not found a clear explantion of either; a link to such an explanation might help.) Thanks! Brattle Resident 10:26, 4 February 2014 (PST)