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== Description ==
== Description ==


Len returns a long value specifying the number of characters in a string, or the number of bytes required to output a variable. The optional parameter, ''string'', is any valid string expression. The optional parameter, ''variable'', is any variable. If ''variable'' contains a string, the length of the string is returned. One (and only one) of the optional parameters, ''string'' and ''variable'', must be supplied.
Len returns an integer specifying the number of characters in a string, or the number of elements in an array.


== Example (Basic) ==
== Example (Basic) ==

Revision as of 19:37, 4 March 2017

Len(string | variable)

Description

Len returns an integer specifying the number of characters in a string, or the number of elements in an array.

Example (Basic)

Rem Len Example
'Len returns string length or variable size
Dim Frog, Survived
Frog = "Staring"
Survived = 2
Print "Len of Frog:", Len(Frog)
Print "LenB of Frog:", LenB(Frog)
Print "Len of Survived:", Len(Survived)

Example (JavaScript)

// Len Example
/* Len returns string length or variable size */

var Frog, Survived;
Frog = "Staring";
Survived = 2;
NSB.Print("Len of Frog:" + " " + Frog.length);
NSB.Print("LenB of Frog:" + " " + Frog.length);
NSB.Print("Len of Survived:" + " " + Survived.toString().length);

Output

Len of Frog:  7
LenB of Frog: 7
Len of Survived:     1