LEN( ) Function
Returns the number of characters in a character expression.
LEN(cExpression)
Return Values
Numeric
Parameters
- cExpression
Specifies the character expression for which LEN( ) returns the number of characters.
Remarks
Use LEN( ) to determine the length of a character expression.
Example
The following example opens the customer
table in the testdata
database. LEN( ) is used to display the widths of the cust_id
and contact
fields.
CLOSE DATABASES
OPEN DATABASE (HOME(2) + 'Data\testdata')
USE Customer && Open customer table
CLEAR
? 'Width of contact field: '
?? LEN(contact)
? 'Width of cust_id field: '
?? LEN(cust_id)