VARKON Version 1.15 1997-10-24

length - Function

The number of charaters in a string


Description

Returns the length of a string by counting its number of individual characters.

Syntax

length(str)

STRING

str*132;

Principal parameters

str	- Any valid string

Optional parameters

None.

Return value

An INT value in the range 0 <= n <=132.

Examples

length("ABC") = 3

length(" ") = 1

length("") = 0

Comments

The maximum length of a string is 132 characters.