(Engine-Level Function)
| Description: | Returns the length of a text string |
| Returns: | Numeric |
Usage:  |
Script or Steady State |
| Function Groups: | String and Buffer |
| Related to: | CharCount | Concat | Replace | SubStr |
| Format: |
StrLen(String) |
| Parameters: |
| String |
| Required. 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 the maximum signed integer (2^31) characters, the return value will be 2^31. |
Example:
v = StrLen("ABCDEF");
w = StrLen("ABC_DEF");
x = StrLen("ABC DEF");
The values of v, w and x are 6, 7 and 7 respectively.
