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Puzzle 3: Explanation

Understand how Python string length can differ due to character encoding schemes like ASCII and UTF-8. Learn why some characters use multiple bytes and how Python manages Unicode to accurately process and count strings in coding puzzles.

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Try executing the code below to verify the results:

Python 3.8
city = 'Kraków'
print(len(city))

Code explanation

If we count the number of characters in Kraków, it’ll come out to six. So, why is the correct answer 7? The reason—history! ...