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|    JJ to Tom Del Rosso    |
|    Re: Get String Length    |
|    02 Sep 21 11:13:19    |
      From: jj4public@gmail.com              On Wed, 1 Sep 2021 15:30:18 -0400, Tom Del Rosso wrote:       > Here's a subroutine to get the length of a string that uses successive       > approximation so it runs very fast because it only loops 13 times (once       > for each bit of the resulting number) no matter how long the string is.       [snip]              Nice. Would definitely be part of by batch subs library.              The method could be used as a fast `HasStr` sub. :)              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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