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|    JJ to Tom Del Rosso    |
|    Re: Get String Length    |
|    03 Sep 21 12:11:24    |
      From: jj4public@gmail.com              On Thu, 2 Sep 2021 03:08:01 -0400, Tom Del Rosso wrote:       > JJ wrote:       >> 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. :)       >       > What does HasStr do? Find a substring?              Yes. A sub to check the existence of a substring when the index of the       substring doesn't matter. It's basically just a sub which finds the index of       a substring.              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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