I have a question

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    Can someone tell me is therе any connection between text and bytes. I mean how much text is for example one byte
     
    Martin K, Jul 8, 2009 IP
  2. aquila10

    aquila10 Peon

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    1 character is 1 byte in ANSI
    1 character is 1 to 4 bytes in UTF-8;
     
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  3. Martin K

    Martin K Active Member

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    Yes, of course. I knew that, but didn't know that i knew it :D
     
    Martin K, Jul 11, 2009 IP
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    Digital_shubhi Illustrious Member

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    Isn't that strange that you don't know what you know ?? :rolleyes:

    Never happened with me... :D

    - Digital -
     
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    I believe the ratio is 1:3 in UTF8 but I'd have to go digging for it. I know when we estimate space for databases, that's the ratio we use.
     
    theapparatus, Jul 11, 2009 IP