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---
title: countrunes
description: Determines the number of runes in a string excluding any whitespace.
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date: 2017-02-01
publishdate: 2017-02-01
lastmod: 2017-02-01
categories: [functions]
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parent: "functions"
keywords: [counting, word count]
signature: ["countrunes INPUT"]
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deprecated: false
---
In contrast with `countwords` function, which counts every word in a string, the `countrunes` function determines the number of runes in the content and excludes any whitespace. This has specific utility if you are dealing with CJK-like languages.
```
{{ "Hello, 世界" | countrunes }}
<!-- outputs a content length of 8 runes. -->
```
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