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Varkon MBS Programmers manual

length - Function

Description

Returns the number of characters in a string.

Syntax

  n:=length(s);

  int    n;
  string s;

Principal parameters

Optional parameters

None.

Return value

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

Comment

The maximum length of a string is 132 characters.

Examples

   n:=length("ABC");   ! Equal to n:=3;

   n:=length(" ");     ! Equal to n:=1;

   n:=length("");      ! Equal to n:=0;

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