Get count of elements in array
For example, to get the number of elements in an array $loop:
{$loop|@count}
When count is used in the if statement
{ if count($loop) > 0 }
$loop has at least 1 element
{/if}
Counting strings
Get the number of characters in a variable
{assign var="hoge" value="Hello World"}
{$hoge}
{$hoge|count_characters}
{$hoge|count_characters:true} //White Space characterを含むかどうか
//Output data
Hello World
10
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In addition to strings, paragraphs, sentences, words, and so on are also provided with qualifiers.
count_paragraphs count_sentences count_words
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