[quote user="BlueKnot"]I'm trying to workout both what this answer means and how Wolfram arrived at it... http://www08.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=who+is+the+capital+of+Chicago%3F [/quote] That's okay, I'm still trying to figure out what the question means and why the hell you asked...

I don't know what your problem is. "aabcccaaabaa" is a string, and it's 12 characters long. You want a better answer? Ask a better question.