Thank you for the clarification —
Sorry if I wasn't clear, I understood it once you pointed me to it and then found it in the manual, but I'm pretty sure it will help others.
I'm starting to learn some coding while I'm not messing with construct 2 (or working) and I already "knew" (I was supposed to, but I forgot, as this post proves) the character's count and remembered it when I saw your line and the manual... But I don't think the manual alone would have been useful for me in this case if I wouldn't know something about the subject already.
Thank you again!!