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This [[Intrinsic classes|intrinsic]] function returns the length in bytes of the method object string.
The <var>Length</var>  [[Intrinsic classes|intrinsic]] function that returns the length, in bytes, of the method object <var class="term">string</var>.


<var>Length</var> is available as of version 7.2 of the <var class=product>Sirius Mods</var>.
==Syntax==
==Syntax==
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===Syntax terms===
===Syntax terms===
<table class="syntaxTable">
<table class="syntaxTable">
<tr><th>%len                                                                                                </th>
<tr><th>%length</th>
<td>A variable to receive the numeric result of the <var>Length</var> method.                                       </td></tr>
<td>A variable to receive the numeric result of the <var>Length</var> method.</td></tr>
<tr><th>string                                                                                               </th>
<tr><th>string</th>
<td>The string to which the method is applied.</td></tr>
<td>The <var class="term">string</var> to which the method is applied.</td></tr>
</table>
</table>
==Usage Notes==
<ul><li><var>Length</var> is available as of <var class="product">[[Sirius Mods|Sirius Mods]]</var> version 7.2.</ul>


==Examples==
==Examples==
 
<ol><li>
The following statement places the length of the string in %x into %y.
The following statement places the length of the string in %x into %y.
    %y = %x:length
<p class="code">%y = %x:length
 
</p>
The following statement places the length of the string "Tahquamenon"
<li>The following statement places the length of the string <code>'Tahquamenon'</code> (that is, 11) into %y.
(that is, 11) into %y.
<p class="code">%y = 'Tahquamenon':length
    %y = 'Tahquamenon':length
</p></ol>


==See also==
==See also==
[[List of intrinsic String methods]]
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[[Category:String methods|Length function]]
[[Category:Intrinsic methods]]

Latest revision as of 18:29, 2 November 2012

The length of the string (String class)


The Length intrinsic function that returns the length, in bytes, of the method object string.

Syntax

%length = string:Length

Syntax terms

%length A variable to receive the numeric result of the Length method.
string The string to which the method is applied.

Usage Notes

Examples

  1. The following statement places the length of the string in %x into %y.

    %y = %x:length

  2. The following statement places the length of the string 'Tahquamenon' (that is, 11) into %y.

    %y = 'Tahquamenon':length

See also