StringLength (StringTokenizer function)
Length of current tokenizing string
StringLength is a member of the StringTokenizer class.
This method returns the length of the current tokenizing string. This string is the value of the String property.
Syntax
%num = %tok:StringLength
Syntax terms
- %num
- A numeric variable to contain the returned length of the tokenizing string.
- %tok
- A StringTokenizer object variable.
Usage Notes
- The StartOfString function returns the substring of the tokenizer string that precedes the first character of the current token. The RestOfString function returns the substring of the tokenizer string that follows the current position.
Examples
The following statements return the length of the input string (that is, 24) into %len:
%toc:string = 'A Stringlength example '
%len = %toc:stringlength