Want to try something really scary this Halloween? Try counting the characters in a string in Vala. For example, how many characters do you think there are in the following string? var zombie = "🧟♀️️"; One? You’re right! So how would you go about getting this result in Vala? Use zombie.length, did I hear you say? Oh, you poor, dear, naïve, sweet thing… "🧟♀️️".length // 13 What’s that? What about char_count ()?
