I was 100% prepared to believe that the length of empty string in js is 7. Then ...

		jlebar on June 2, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: It’s not wrong that "🤦🏼‍♂️".length == 7 (2019) I was 100% prepared to believe that the length of empty string in js is 7. Then upon opening the post I was 100% ready to believe that js has three different string length functions that all handle Unicode differently.

and the gist of the problem is that it doesn't.