Python returning the wrong length of string when using special characters

Question

I have a string ë́aúlt that I want to get the length of a manipulate based on character positions and so on. The problem is that the first ë́ is being counted twice, or I gu

Answer 1

which Python version are you using? Python 3.1 doesn't have this issue.

>>> print(len("ë́aúlt"))
6

Regards Djoudi