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GET.LENGTH; (GL)
Syntax
Examples
GET.LENGTH; (GL)
The GET.LENGTH; commands returns the length of the data in alphanumeric (EDIT; A),
Kanji (EDIT; K), and Hankaku-Katakana (EDIT; W) data items. The length includes leading
and embedded spaces, but not trailing spaces. The results are stored in the System Data
items GLB.LENGTH and GLB.FULLLENGTH. If the data item is spaces, both System Data
items are set to zero.
GLB.LENGTH is the length of the data item in characters. GLB.FULLLENGTH is the length
in bytes. GLB.FULLLENGTH will equal GLB.LENGTH except for data items that contain
Hankaku-Katakana characters in UNIX LINC Systems. See the description of
Hankaku-Katakana characters in your LINC Generate Reference Manual: Painter and
Editor, for further details.
Note: GLB.FULLLENGTH is not implemented in LDA, so GET.LENGTH returns only
the length in characters and stores the result in GLB.LENGTH.
The maximum length that can be determined by the GET.LENGTH; command is 2000
characters. If the truncated data exceeds this length, GLB.LENGTH is set to 2000.
Note: A two-byte KANJI character is counted as one character in GLB.LENGTH.
DDDD DDDD DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD4
data name
Thedataitemdata name must be EDIT; A, EDIT; K, or EDIT; W.
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