Now this is getting interesting :-), when I ran my code, I got this: (I am using AS 5.8.0, and the testing code for case 4 is at the end of this post).

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Case 1: create string from pack, with use bytes

char semantics: ƐIJ Length = 2, Content = 400.306
byte semantics: ƐIJ Length = 4, Content = 198.144.196.178
198.144.196.178
=========================
Case 2: create string from pack, with use buyes

char semantics: ƐIJ Length = 2, Content = 400.306
byte semantics: ƐIJ Length = 4, Content = 198.144.196.178
400.306
=========================
Case 3: create string from \x{}

char semantics: ƐIJ Length = 2, Content = 400.306
byte semantics: ƐIJ Length = 4, Content = 198.144.196.178
400.306
=========================
Case 4: read string from unicode file

char semantics: 裴佳谷
 Length = 4, Content = 35060.20339.35895.10
byte semantics: 裴佳谷
 Length = 10, Content = 232.163.180.228.189.179.232.176.183.10
Also, I want to add a case to cover the situation where you read your string from file: 
{
    print "=========================\n";
    print "Case 4: read string from utf8 file\n";
    open(FILE, "<:utf8", "test.txt");
    $encoded_string = <FILE>;
    display $encoded_string;
}

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In reply to Re: Re: Re: use bytes and length problem by pg
in thread use bytes and length problem by muad33b

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