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30<title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">Len Function [Runtime]</title>
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34<created date="2003-10-31T00:00:00">Sun Microsystems, Inc.</created>
35<lastedited date="2004-08-24T13:09:25">converted from old format - fpe</lastedited>
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40<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3154136"><bookmark_value>Len function</bookmark_value>
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42<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3154136" xml-lang="en-US" level="1" l10n="U" oldref="1"><link href="text/sbasic/shared/03120402.xhp" name="Len Function [Runtime]">Len Function [Runtime]</link></paragraph>
43<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3147576" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="2">Returns the number of characters in a string, or the number of bytes that are required to store a variable.</paragraph>
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45<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3159177" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="3">Syntax:</paragraph>
46<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150669" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="4">Len (Text As String)</paragraph>
47<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3148473" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="5">Return value:</paragraph>
48<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3143270" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="6">Long</paragraph>
49<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3147531" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="7">Parameters:</paragraph>
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51<emph>Text:</emph> Any string expression or a variable of another type.</paragraph>
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54<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3153360" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="9">Example:</paragraph>
55<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150792" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="10">Sub ExampleLen</paragraph>
56<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3151211" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="11">Dim sText as String</paragraph>
57<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3154125" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="12">sText = "Las Vegas"</paragraph>
58<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3156214" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="13">MsgBox Len(sText) REM Returns 9</paragraph>
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