diff --git a/emojis.js b/emojis.js
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+const messages = [
+  "This is a message with a 👍",
+  "This is a message with a 👍🏾",
+  "This is a message with a 👍🏾👍",
+]
+
+messages.forEach(message => {
+  console.log(message, message.length);
+})
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diff --git a/emojis.py b/emojis.py
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+++ b/emojis.py
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+def jslen(string):
+    return int(len(string.encode(encoding='utf_16_le'))/2)
+
+
+array = [
+  'This is a message with a 👍',
+  'This is a message with a 👍🏾',
+  'This is a message with a 👍🏾👍',
+]
+
+for i in array:
+  print(i, jslen(i))
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