Lenght of scalar, sizeof scalar

[Arepi]

Hi!

1, How can I quevery the stringlenght of a scalar
(like in C the function : strlen() )
2,How can I quevery the sizeof a scalar
(like in C the operator: sizeof )

Thanks!

[Ganon11]

1) Try perldoc -f length

2) Not sure.

[numberwhun]

I think that the two are one in the same. Length is size. With regards to arrays, you could be speaking of the length of the array (which would be the number of elements in the array) and the size (length) of each element.

Regards,

Jeff

[Arepi]

I think that the two are one in the same. Length is size. With regards to arrays, you could be speaking of the length of the array (which would be the number of elements in the array) and the size (length) of each element.

Regards,

Jeff

Thanks but I dont think they are same.

Example:

print($strlen=length($string=232));

it give at display 3,(3number), but the number 232 take from memory only 2 bytes.
when you think so the two is same

Thanks

[KevinADC]

perl has no builtin function that is the same as the C sizeof function. Perl handles all memory management for you, you don't have to allocate memory with perl or manage it.

[KevinADC]

If you want to know variable sizes this module should help you:

Devel::Size

But like I said, you don't have to manage memory or allocate memory with perl.