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27<title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">Len Function [Runtime]</title>
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34<bookmark_value>Len function</bookmark_value>
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36<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3154136" xml-lang="en-US" level="1" l10n="U"><link href="text/sbasic/shared/03120402.xhp" name="Len Function [Runtime]">Len Function [Runtime]</link></paragraph>
37<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3147576" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">Returns the number of characters in a string.</paragraph>
38</section>
39<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3159177" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U">Syntax:</paragraph>
40<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150669" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">Len (Text As String)</paragraph>
41<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3148473" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U">Return value:</paragraph>
42<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3143270" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">Long</paragraph>
43<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3147531" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U">Parameters:</paragraph>
44<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3147265" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U"><emph>Text:</emph> Any string expression.</paragraph>
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47<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3153360" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U">Example:</paragraph>
48<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150792" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">Sub ExampleLen</paragraph>
49<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3151211" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">Dim sText as String</paragraph>
50<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3154125" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">sText = "Las Vegas"</paragraph>
51<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3156214" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">MsgBox Len(sText) REM Returns 9</paragraph>
52<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3125864" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">End Sub</paragraph>
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