LEN()

Returns size of a string or size of an array.

Syntax

LEN( <cString> | <aArray> ) --> <nLength>

Arguments

<acString> is a character string or the array to check.

Returns

The length of the string or the number of elements that contains an array.

Description

This function returns the string length or the size of an array. If it is used with a multidimensional array it returns the size of the first dimension.

      ? Len( "Harbour" ) --> 7
      ? Len( { "One", "Two" } ) --> 2
Tests
      function Test()
         LOCAL cName := ""
         ACCEPT "Enter your name: " TO cName
         ? Len( cName )
      return nil

Status

Ready

Compliance

LEN() is fully CA-Clipper compliant.

Files

Library is rtl

See Also

• EMPTY()
• RTRIM()
• LTRIM()
• AADD()
• ASIZE()