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HP Business BASIC/XL Reference Manual

MAXLEN 

The MAXLEN function returns the maximum length of a string expression, in
characters.  The maximum length is determined by the DIM statement or the
system default.

Syntax 

MAXLEN(S$)

Parameters 

S$               A string expression whose maximum length is to be
                 returned.

Examples 

     10  DIM A$[30]
     20  B = MAXLEN(A$)     !B = 30

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