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System Data Item Descriptions
GLB.LENGTH
For Reports generated in a single language, if you attempt to change GLB.LANGUAGE, the
current setting is retained.
For Reports generated in multiple languages, if you attempt to set GLB.LANGUAGE to a
language in which the Report was not last generated, the current setting of
GLB.LANGUAGE is retained.
For Reports, the current value of GLB.LANGUAGE is always held in the GLB.REPLANG
System Data item.
LENGTH = 10 ED = A
The System Data item GLB.LENGTH contains the length of the data in a data item,
including any initial and embedded spaces. GLB.LENGTH is valid in Ispecs, Reports, and
Global Logics. It is set when any of the commands shown in the following table are
executed. See also GLB.FULLLENGTH.
LENGTH = 4 EDIT = N
GLB.LINECOUNT
Command Value of GLB.LENGTH
DETACH; Length of detached value
ATTACH; Untruncated length of resulting value
ATTACH&SPACE; Untruncated length of resulting value
GET.LENGTH; Length of value
GLB.LINECOUNT contains the number of lines of Report output printed on the current
page.
GLB.LINECOUNT is valid in Reports only. It can be used for Shadow Reports, in the form
GLB.LINECOUNTx, where x is the one-character Shadow Report designator (A through Z).
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