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April 10, 2013 17:34
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Basic way to calculate length of a string
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| # breaks if string includes a 0 | |
| def string_length(a) | |
| string = a + "0" | |
| length = 0 | |
| while string[length] != "0" | |
| length += 1 | |
| end | |
| puts "Your statement is #{length} characters long" | |
| end | |
| string_length("I am a meat popsicle.") |
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