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---
title: countrunes
description: Determines the number of runes in a string excluding any whitespace.
date: 2017-02-01
publishdate: 2017-02-01
lastmod: 2017-02-01
categories: [functions]
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---

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. -->
```

[pagevars]: /variables/page/
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			`title: countrunes`
			`description: Determines the number of runes in a string excluding any whitespace.`
			`date: 2017-02-01`
			`publishdate: 2017-02-01`
			`lastmod: 2017-02-01`
			`categories: [functions]`
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			`docs:`
			`parent: "functions"`
			`keywords: [counting, word count]`
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			`---`

			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. -->`
			```

			`[pagevars]: /variables/page/`