string-length - (strings)
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Description
string-length will place the number of bytes in <string> into number <length>.
Note that <string> does not need to be null-terminated, meaning it can be a binary or text string.
<length> is the number of bytes comprising any such string.
Examples
Variable "len" will be 6:
set-string str = "string"
string-length str to len
Variable "len2" will be 18 - the string has a null character in the middle of it:
set-string str2 = "string" "\x00 after null"
string-length str2 to len2
Name
string-length - (strings)
Purpose
Get string length.
See Also
Strings
concatenate-stringscopy-stringcount-substringdelete-stringlower-stringnew-stringread-splitreplace-stringset-stringsplit-stringstring-lengthtrim-stringupper-stringwrite-string See all documentation
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Syntax
string-length <string> to <length>
