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The Difference between len and # (operator)? In Roblox aofcourse!
I tried to do this
string.len("hi") and strin = "hi" print(#strin)
They both printed two but what I wanted to clarify is if they're exactly the same or a bit different because some thing that are same or similar tend to be a bit different you know what I mean hozei!!
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they are essentially the same but you can check the length of a table with # theking48989987 2147 — 6y
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Will the # (operator) also return nil as a result or not ? In a table of course!!! xxcoordinatorxx 135 — 6y
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nope Leamir 3138 — 6y
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Use #. len probably is there because there wasn't a proper length operator, but idk User#19524 175 — 6y
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I was curious myself so I tested them both in a speed test, string.len() is significantly less efficient so I would use #string instead Vulkarin 581 — 6y
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Hello, xxcoordinatorxx!
string.len(string) and print(#string) don't really have a big difference, the only one that I can remember is that # can be used to Tables. I'll give some examples...
local string = "A text" print(string.len(string)) -- This will print '6' print(#string) -- This will print '6'
however,
local string = {"Nice", "Explanation", "Leamir", 12348, true}
print(string.len(string)) -- This will print nil, as "string" is now not a string, but a table
print(#string) -- This will print 5, as the table "string" have 5 indexes
It is better use # for strings and tables, as it works for both
Any errors please post a comment and I'll solve
Good Luck with your games
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No, you should use # on strings. User#19524 175 — 6y
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Uhh... Normally you use .length or :len() on strings. However, # is a little more powerful as it gets the length of strings and tables. M39a9am3R 3210 — 6y