getting Str(Len(txt)) utf8

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I have this line of code that in a sense returns the correct length. It isn’t UTF-8 sensitive though.
Text: “?? ?? ??? ?? ???.” Str(Len(txt)) returns 31 instead of 18 (I think). Am I missing something?
Do I have to put something like .textencoding on the end of it, even though it’s elsewhere?
It might be a calculation thing because I can get textarea.charposxandY to work without any calculations.
The problem is it’s an odd number. When I debug for an equal english text “He went on his way at daybreak.” I also get 31 when I bring up that text to find it’s length in the debugger.

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Str(Len("?? ?? ???? ?? ???."))

returns “18”, compiling with the latest version of Xojo. (Using LenB rather than Len it returns “44”.)

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It sounds like your string does not have an encoding, or has the incorrect encoding defined. Where is this string coming from? You might need to use txt = DefineEncoding(txt, Encodings.UTF8) to inform Xojo that this chunk of bytes should be interpreted as UTF-8.

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