length (Text length)

The $length function determines the number of characters in a text.
Hint: The minusOne parameter controls whether 1 is subtracted from the result.
Tooltip
Syntax: $length(text[,minusOne=false])
Parameter
Description
text
Any text
minusOne
(optional)
The optional parameter whether the number 1 should be subtracted from the result.
e,g, $length(Hello,false) results in 5, $length(Hello,true) results in 4.
The default value is false.
Returns the number of characters in the passed text.
Examples: $length(Hello world) – returns 10, $length(Hello world,true) – returns 9

Parameter	Description
`text`	Any text
`minusOne` `(optional)`	The optional parameter whether the number 1 should be subtracted from the result. e,g, $length(Hello,false) results in 5, $length(Hello,true) results in 4. The default value is false.

Syntax

$length(text[,minusOne])

Parameter

Name	Description
text	Any text
minusOne	The optional parameter whether the number 1 should be subtracted from the result. e,g, $length(Hello,false) results in 5, $length(Hello,true) results in 4. The default value is false.

Name

Description

text

Any text

minusOne

The optional parameter whether the number 1 should be subtracted from the result.

e,g, $length(Hello,false) results in 5, $length(Hello,true) results in 4.

The default value is false.

Return value

The number of characters in the transferred text.

Example

Syntax	Result
$length(Hello World)	10
$length(Hello World,true)	9
$length($null)	0
$length()	0