1---
2title: countrunes
3description: Determines the number of runes in a string excluding any whitespace.
4date: 2017-02-01
5publishdate: 2017-02-01
6lastmod: 2017-02-01
7categories: [functions]
8menu:
9  docs:
10    parent: "functions"
11keywords: [counting, word count]
12signature: ["countrunes INPUT"]
13workson: []
14hugoversion:
15relatedfuncs: []
16deprecated: false
17---
18
19In 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.
20
21```
22{{ "Hello, 世界" | countrunes }}
23<!-- outputs a content length of 8 runes. -->
24```
25
26[pagevars]: /variables/page/
27