bytes-in-string-function

getByteLen.js

/**
 * Count bytes in a string's UTF-8 representation.
 * Source: https://codereview.stackexchange.com/questions/37512/count-byte-length-of-string
 * 
 * @param   string
 * @return  int
 */
function getByteLen(normal_val) {
    // Force string type
    normal_val = String(normal_val);

    var byteLen = 0;
    for (var i = 0; i < normal_val.length; i++) {
        var c = normal_val.charCodeAt(i);
        byteLen += c < (1 <<  7) ? 1 :
                   c < (1 << 11) ? 2 :
                   c < (1 << 16) ? 3 :
                   c < (1 << 21) ? 4 :
                   c < (1 << 26) ? 5 :
                   c < (1 << 31) ? 6 : Number.NaN;
    }
    return byteLen;
}