{"identifier":57200,"topic":"Functions","name":"length","text":"<code><pre>the length of <i>expression<\/i>\n<\/pre><\/code> Value returned: the number of characters in the value of the expression <br>\n","related":{"52559":"charToNum","60292":"numToChar","60426":"offset","90270":"String operators"},"examples":"length of \"Hello world\"\nlength(\"Hello world\")\n\nlength of field \"Index\"\nlength of myVar\n\nlength of 3 + 2 -- returns 3\nlength of (3+2) -- returns 1","demo":"<code><pre>on lengthOfMe\n  put the <b>length<\/b> of bkgnd field \"Demo Script\" into numChars\n  answer \"This demo script contains\" && numChars && \"characters.\"\nend lengthOfMe<\/pre><\/code>\n ","debug":{"9":["the length of expres"]}}