In Perl 6 you get list length using `elems`. E.g. for a string: > "A".elems 1 > "string".elems 1 > "".elems 1
This happens because in Perl 6 a string is also a single-element list containing the string. > "string"[0][0][0][0]0[0] string
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The documentation for Str.length http://doc.perl6.org/type/Str#method_length … says "See `chars` or `elems`." I'm going to say you probably want `chars`
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The string length method isn't `length` is because there's more than one way to define it. For example, it could always be 1
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@qntm I'm mad.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@qntm so how do I find the length of a string then? -
@andrewp823 According to http://doc.perl6.org/type/Str#method_length … you have to use `chars`. Not sure why they didn't use `length`. - 2 more replies
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@qntm I do hate when dynamic languages treat strings as arraysThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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