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     %y = 'Tahquamenon':length
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===See also===
[[Category:Intrinsic Methods]]
[[List of Intrinsic String Methods]]
[[Category:Intrinsic String Methods]]

Revision as of 22:08, 27 August 2010

This intrinsic function returns the length in bytes of the method object string.

Length is available as of version 7.2 of the Sirius Mods.

Length syntax

  %len = string:length                                                                                  

Syntax Terms

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

Examples

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

   %y = %x:length                                                                                       
                                                                                                        

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

   %y = 'Tahquamenon':length