To return the count of all characters in a string or all items in an array
This function returns the number of characters (with spaces) of a given text or the number of items in a given array.
You can use this function for calculations with the size of an array, compare strings, or check if fields contain a certain number of characters.
Together with the functions substr()
or index()
, this function could also help you to return the number of characters from a specific starting point.
length(string)
length([any])
number
Result: 15
Result: 5
count
, which returns the number of concrete items in an array.
index
, which returns the first position of appearance of the match in the string.
substr
, which returns a substring out of a given text.
text
, which converts a value to a string and possibly reflects the format options.