LEN( )

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Returns the number of characters in a specified character string.

Syntax

LEN(<expC>)

<expC>

The character string whose length you want to find.

Description

LEN( ) returns the number of characters (the length) of a character string or memo field. The length of an empty character string or empty memo field is zero. When LEN( ) calculates the length of a memo field, it counts two characters for each carriage-return and linefeed combination (CR/LF).

Other than the syntactic difference of reading a property instead of calling a function, length contains the same value that LEN( ) returns.