StrLen

Description:              This function returns the length of a text string.

Returns:                    Numeric

Usage:                   Script or Steady State

Format:                      StrLen(String)

Parameters:             String     { text }  { required }  { no default: }

                                                Any text expression.

Comments:               This function does not return the number of characters in String, but rather, the number of bytes, including 0 (NULL) bytes.

                             May be done on a stream value, but if the stream is longer than 65,523 characters, the return value will be 65,523.

Examples:

v = StrLen("ABCDEF");

w = StrLen("ABC_DEF");

x = StrLen("ABC DEF");

The values of v, w and x are 6, 7 and 7 respectively.

See Also:

CharCount | Concat | Replace | SubStr