StrLen / StringLen

Retrieves the count of how many characters are in a string.

OutputVar := StrLen(InputVar)
StringLen, OutputVar, InputVar

Parameters

OutputVar

The name of the variable in which to store the length.

InputVar

The name of the variable whose contents will be measured. Do not enclose the name in percent signs unless you want the contents of the variable to be used as the name.

Remarks

If InputVar is a variable to which ClipboardAll was previously assigned, StringLen will report its total size.

Related

IfInString, StringGetPos, StringMid, StringTrimLeft, StringTrimRight, StringLeft, StringRight, StringLower, StringUpper, StringReplace

Example

InputVar := "The Quick Brown Fox Jumps Over the Lazy Dog"
MsgBox % "The length of InputVar is " . StrLen(InputVar) ; Result: 43
StringLen, length, InputVar
MsgBox, The length of InputVar is %length%.