length()

   strLib.length(
             target STRING | CHAR | DBCHAR | MBCHAR | UNICODE In, 
  returns (result INT)

target

Input can be any value that is assignment compatible with any of the above types.

result

It returns an int representing the number of characters in the string. This integer value indicates the length of the string.

 function main()
       myString String      = “Customer”;
       myChar Char(8)       = “Customer”;
       myDbChar DbChar(8)   = “Customer”;

       sysLib.writeStdout(“‘myStr’ length is : “+ strLib.length(myStr)); 
       sysLib.writeStdout(“‘myChar’ length is : “+ strLib.length(myChar)); 
       sysLib.writeStdout(“‘myDbChar’ length is : “+ strLib.length(myDbChar));
   end

Theoutput is as follows:

   ’myStr’ length is: 8 
   ‘myChar’ length is: 8 
   ‘myDbChar’ length is: 8