textSize (text -- size)

Inputs

• text: Text object whose UTF-8 size is queried.

Outputs

• size: UTF-8 code-unit count as Natx.

textSize counts UTF-8 bytes, not Unicode code points or displayed characters. Decoded-character splitting is provided by textSplit.

For known non-NIL Text, the result is a known Natx. For unknown Text, the result is still Natx, but its exact numeric value is unknown at compile time. Known NIL Text is invalid.

Example

{} () {} [
  "你好" textSize printStack _:;
  text: 0 ("") dynamic @; # an unknown Text
  @text textSize printStack _:;
] "main" exportFunction

Expected Output During Compilation

6nx
Natx

See also

• & builtin (prefix suffix -- text) Concatenates two known Text objects.
• LF builtin (-- lineFeed) Pushes a line-feed Text constant.
• attribute builtin (attribute --) Consumes one known Text attribute string and produces nothing.
• textSplit builtin (text -- characterList) Splits known Text by decoded UTF-8 characters into one-character Text items. Empty text yields the empty Tuple ().