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diff --git a/doc/string/bytesize.rdoc b/doc/string/bytesize.rdoc new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..8d12a0d454 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/string/bytesize.rdoc @@ -0,0 +1,12 @@ +Returns the count of bytes in +self+. + +Note that the byte count may be different from the character count (returned by #size): + + s = 'foo' + s.bytesize # => 3 + s.size # => 3 + s = 'こんにちは' + s.bytesize # => 15 + s.size # => 5 + +Related: see {Querying}[rdoc-ref:String@Querying]. |