STRING LENGTH

STRING LENGTH

Let Subcommand

Return the number of characters in a previously defined string.

LET <nlen> = STRING LENGTH <sorg>
where <nlen> is a parameter containing the returned length of the string;
and <sorg> is the name of the string.

LET NLEN = STRING LENGTH S1

None

None

UPPER CASE	= Convert a string to upper case.
LOWER CASE	= Convert a string to lower case.
LET FUNCTION	= Defines a function.
LET STRING	= Defines a string.
READ STRING	= Reads a string from a file.
SUBSTITUTE CHARACTER (^)	= Substitute the value of a string or parameter.
CONCATENATE CHARACTER (&)	= Concatenate two strings.
SUBTRING	= Extract a substring from an existing string.
STRING INDEX	= Extract the start/stop positions of a substring within a string.
STRING CONCATENATE	= Concatenate one or more previously defined strings.
STRING EDIT	= Edit a string.
STRING MERGE	= Insert a string into another string without overwrite.
STRING REPLACE	= Insert a string into another string with overwrite.
CHARACTER	= Convert numeric values to strings based on the ASCII collating sequence.
ICHAR	= Convert a string to numeric values based on the ASCII collating sequence.
GROUP LABEL	= Define the text for group labels.

Data Management

11/2008

 
LET STRING S1 = file23.dat
LET NLEN = STRING LENGTH S1
    

The resulting value of NLEN is 10.