strlen

Contents: Description, Arguments, Usage, Examples, Related Functions Supported Under Version: >1.69 Current Davinci Version: 2.27 64-bit Safe: No Description Find the length of a string Arguments and Return Values Arguments: A string or text buffer Return Value: A 1xNx1 array for N lines of text Usage Syntax: strlen(STRING/TEXT) strlen() will return the number of characters in a string or the number of characters for each line of a text buffer. In the case of a string strlen() will return a single integer. In the case of a text buffer it will return a 1xNx1 array where N is the number of lines of text. Examples dv> stuff "This is a sample line of text" dv> strlen(stuff) 29 dv> poem Text Buffer with 3 lines of text 1: The sun was shining on the sea, shining with all it's might 2: He did his very best to make the billows smooth and bright 3: And this was odd because it was the middle of the night dv> strlen(poem) 1x3x1 array of int, bsq format [12 bytes] 59 58 55

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