Returning the length of a string

strlen()

Return the length of a string

SYNTAX

strlen(text_expression)

Returns the length of the string text_expression with trailing spaces excluded.

If text_expression contains no data, then the function returns 0.

This function returns an integer in the range 0-255, which may be stored in a u1 field.

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EXAMPLE

1. Sets Stringlen to 29:

   !temp StringLen,,i1,##
   !temp Text,,a30
   
        tmp.Text = " HOW LONG IS A PIECE OF STRING   "
        tmp.Stringlen = strlen(tmp.Text)
   

2. EndsWith() function:

   !function EndsWith(Source, Pattern) {
   
        if (getstr(Source,(strlen(Source) - strlen(Pattern)) + 1, strlen(Pattern)) = Pattern) \
             then return TRUE else return FALSE
   }
   

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RELATED TOPICS

String handling functions