Add a char_length(Buffer&, const ByteCoord&, const ByteCoord&) util

1 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/src/buffer_utils.hh b/src/buffer_utils.hh
index a8226660..58192f31 100644
--- a/src/buffer_utils.hh
+++ b/src/buffer_utils.hh
@@ -31,6 +31,11 @@ inline CharCount char_length(const Buffer& buffer, const Selection& range)
                           buffer.iterator_at(buffer.char_next(range.max())));
 }
 
+inline CharCount char_length(const Buffer& buffer, const ByteCoord& begin, const ByteCoord& end)
+{
+    return utf8::distance(buffer.iterator_at(begin), buffer.iterator_at(end));
+}
+
 inline bool is_bol(ByteCoord coord)
 {
     return coord.column == 0;