Len

Returns the number of characters in a string or the number of bytes required to store a variable.

Structure

Len(string | varname)

Parameters

string - Any valid string expression. If string contains Null, Null is returned.

varname - Any valid variable name. If varname contains Null, Null is returned.

Example

The following example uses the Len function to return the number of characters in a string:

Dim MyString

MyString = Len("VBSCRIPT") ' MyString contains 8.

Note

The LenB function is used with byte data contained in a string. Instead of returning the number of characters in a string, LenB returns the number of bytes used to represent that string. |