justChooseOneGoddamn
Wednesday, 12 Mar 2025
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or count(…), or .Length. Who knows how many other options we have
.Count, .Count() or Length
ANd thats still C# only.
Meanwhile in C
“How would i know how big the array is?”
array.getLength()
It’s obviously
array.__len__()
Or `#array` if Lua
Also, array.length
std::size::<array>(myArray)
sizeof(array)
At least it isn’t a string. Do I need to know how many bytes, how many Unicode code points, or how many Unicode graphemes?
Perl’s way of doing it is hilarious to me. You just evaluate the array as a scalar.
“`
my @arr = (1,2,3)
my $arrSize = @arr
“`
Wait. What language is this? Where am I? Who is I? Is me who? Who is who?
Or `arra.length` in Java. Only Sun knows why.
I don’t always read the docs, but when I do, this is when I read the docs.
… Ubound() and Lbound() casually stroll into the conversation …
sizeof(array) / sizeof(array[0])
It’s length(array)
Every language can provide you with a dozen-page long manifesto why their way is objectively best.
`sizeOf(array)/array[0]`
unless array degenerated into a pointer
maybe just a dot and IDE does the job for you?
I’ve recently started learning java and the other day I couldn’t remember the one for python
”Ok its array.length()”
A few rows below, thankfully, Copilot has got your back, suggests ”array.width()”
That’s what I use LLMs for with 50% of my requests.
Yeah, with three projects in near windows: TS, Go and Rust
When you’re working with Javascript and PHP
God I feel this on a visceral level
Bro, it’s like I’m playing the slots, waiting to get the good one.
I thought it was in_array()… 🙄
Write your own interface:
getLength(areay)
NaN
Wtf?
😭numel(array)
lines( array )
The spaces in the parantheses are important
This is where I’ll just ask an AI 😂
It’s ok, daddy AI will remember it for me 
Or just “#” in array -> #array (lua)
When I’ll write my programming language they would all work
That’s when you hit Cmd + I and have copilot do it for you