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Synopsis:
Technical:
Practical:
Returns:
Examples:

# $EPIC: printlen.txt,v 1.3 2006/08/19 04:05:34 sthalik Exp $

Synopsis:

$printlen(<text>)

Technical:

The return value is the number of printable characters in <text>.
ANSI escape sequences will be counted as printable characters by this function!
Convert <text> via $stripcrap(ANSI <text>) first if you suspect it may contain ansi escape sequences.

Practical:

Useful if you want to format columns of things that may contain highlight attributes.

Returns:

number of *printable* characters in <text>

Examples:

$printlen(blahC4,2fooBbar) returns 10