[debbugs-tracker] bug#26779: closed (expr length)

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> expr length
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> Thu, 4 May 2017 12:59:31 +0300
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> Hello,
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> I have the bug in expr utility when it perform operation of the 
> calculating length of the string in my multi-byte encoding ru_RU.UTF-8.
> When I run:  "expr length Привет"
> it return me the number 12.
> But in the russian word "Hello" the length is 2 times shorter: exactly 6 
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> May you register and fix this problem?
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> expr --version
> expr (GNU coreutils) 8.25
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> God bless you
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> Re: bug#26779: expr length
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> Wed, 28 Jun 2017 21:20:05 -0400
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> > On Jun 28, 2017, at 12:32, Pádraig Brady <address@hidden> wrote:
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> > On 27/06/17 18:41, Assaf Gordon wrote:
> >> Attached work-in-progress for expr/multibyte,
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> > This looks to have sufficient testing and is ready to push.
> > We can look at using wide strings internally in a further patch.
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> Thanks,
> pushed here:
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> https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/coreutils.git/commit/?id=a9f2be5bfec2bfe86c08
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> I'm thus closing this bug report (but of course
> discussion can continue by replying to this thread).
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> regards,
>  - assaf
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