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number (characters)

Syntax

the number of chars in chunkExpression

Description

Chunk expression; returns a count of the characters in a chunk expression.

Chunk expressions are any character (including spaces and control characters such as tabs and

carriage returns), word, item, or line in any container of characters. Containers include field cast

members and variables that hold strings, and specified characters, words, items, lines, and ranges

in containers.

Note: The count() function provides a more efficient alternative for determining the number of characters in a

chunk expression.

Examples

This statement displays the number of characters in the string “Macromedia, the Multimedia

Company” in the Message window:

put the number of chars in "Macromedia, the Multimedia Company"

The result is 34.

This statement sets the variable

charCounter to the number of characters in the word i located in

the string Names:

charCounter = the number of chars in member("Names").word[i]

You can accomplish the same thing with text cast members using the syntax:

charCounter = member("Names").word[i].char.count