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| + | # $EPIC: printlen.txt, | ||
| + | ======Synopsis: | ||
| + | $__printlen__(< | ||
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| + | ======Technical: | ||
| + | * The return value is the number of printable characters in < | ||
| + | * ANSI escape sequences will be counted as printable characters by this function! \\ Convert < | ||
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| + | ======Practical: | ||
| + | Useful if you want to format columns of things that may contain highlight | ||
| + | attributes. | ||
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| + | ======Returns: | ||
| + | number of *printable* characters in < | ||
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| + | ======Examples: | ||
| + | $printlen(blah**C**4, | ||
printlen.txt · Last modified: 2006/08/29 16:08 by 127.0.0.1