function getStrLen(str){
var len = 0;
var cnstrCount = 0;
for(var i = 0 ; i < str.length ; i++){
if(str.charCodeAt(i)>255)
cnstrCount = cnstrCount + 1 ;
}
len = str.length + cnstrCount;
return len;
}
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