XMSTRINGLENGTH(3)

💖 XmStringLength 💖

okay bestie, welcome to XmStringLength(3) — that's a library call page, section 3, iykyk. it's a lil compound-string function and it's here to tell you how long a compound string is. yes, really. that's the whole vibe. let's get into it 🎀

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✨ NAME ✨

XmStringLength — a compound string function that obtains the length of a compound string 🦋

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

#include <Xm/Xm.h>
int XmStringLength(
XmString s1);

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✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

okay so first thing, and I need you to hear me on this one: this function is obsolete 💀 and it exists purely for compatibility with previous releases. like, it's the friend who still shows up to the group chat but everyone knows she's been replaced. she's been replaced by XmStringByteStreamLength, fr fr.

so what does XmStringLength actually do? it obtains the length of a compound string ✨ and it returns the number of bytes in s1 — and that count includes all the tags, direction indicators, and separators. every last one. no skips, no shortcuts.

and now the dramatic part 🫶: if the compound string has an invalid structure, 0 (zero) is returned. so like, if you get a zero back, that's not "wow, empty string, cute" — that could genuinely be a broken string. vibe check accordingly.

• s1 — Specifies the compound string 👑

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✨ RETURN ✨

Returns the length of the compound string. that's it, that's the whole return value, no notes 💅

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✨ RELATED ✨

• XmStringByteStreamLength(3) — the glow-up replacement, the main character now 🌟
• XmStringCreate(3) — how you make the compound strings in the first place 🧚

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okay that's the page bestie, you ate it, no cap 🔥 just remember: bytes, tags, direction indicators, separators, and a very sad 0 if the structure is invalid. periodt.

this has been the XmStringLength page from the library call manual — sending you so much love, go slay your compound strings 💜