Method

Len

Warning

This item was deprecated in version 2019r2. Please use String.Length as a replacement.

Description

Returns the number of characters in the specified string.

Usage

result = Len(source)

OR

result = sourceVariable.Len

Part

Type

Description

result

Integer

The number of characters in string.

source

String

Any valid string expression.

sourceVariable

String

Any variable of type String.

Notes

If you need the number of bytes in the string rather than the number of characters, use the String.Bytes function.

Sample code

This example uses the Len function to return the number of characters in a string.

Var n As Integer
n = Len("Hello world") ' returns 11
Var s As String
s = "Hello World"
n = s.Len ' returns 11

Compatibility

All project types on all supported operating systems.