User Guide

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length()

Usage

string.length

length(string)

Description

Function; returns the number of characters in the string specified by string, including spaces

and control characters such as TAB and RETURN.

Parameters

None.

Example

This statement displays the number of characters in the string “Macro”&“media”:

put ("Macro" & "media").length

-- 10

This statement checks whether the content of the field cast member Filename has more than 31

characters and if it does, displays an alert:

-- Lingo syntax

if member("Filename").text.length > 31 then

alert "That filename is too long."

end if

// JavaScript syntax

if (member("Filename").text.length > 31) {

alert("That filename is too long.");

}