countrunes.md (725B)
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2 title: countrunes
3 description: Determines the number of runes in a string excluding any whitespace.
4 date: 2017-02-01
5 publishdate: 2017-02-01
6 lastmod: 2017-02-01
7 categories: [functions]
8 menu:
9 docs:
10 parent: "functions"
11 keywords: [counting, word count]
12 signature: ["countrunes INPUT"]
13 workson: []
14 hugoversion:
15 relatedfuncs: []
16 deprecated: false
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18
19 In contrast with `countwords` function, which counts every word in a string, the `countrunes` function determines the number of runes in the content and excludes any whitespace. This has specific utility if you are dealing with CJK-like languages.
20
21 ```
22 {{ "Hello, δΈη" | countrunes }}
23 <!-- outputs a content length of 8 runes. -->
24 ```
25
26 [pagevars]: /variables/page/