len()

Purpose

Find the length of a string or array

Description

Returns the number of characters in a text string or the number of items in an array

Syntax

stringlen = len( string )

arraylen = len( array )

Arguments

string string to find the lenght of

array array to find the length of

stringlen number of characters in the specified string

arraylen number of entries in the specified array

Example

// Show the length of a string
s = "Hello World"
printAt( 0, 0, "Length of ", s, " is ", len( s ) )

// Show the length of an array
a = []
a[9] = s
printAt( 0, 1, "Length of a is ", len( a ) )
update()
sleep( 3 )

Associated Commands