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<VARLEN> 

Syntax 

<VARLEN {varname} >

where:

varname               unquoted string

Description 

<VARLEN> returns the number of characters in the variable named by
varname.  It does not matter what type the variable contents are.  If the
variable is a string (quoted, unquoted or parenthetic), the length will
be the number of characters in the string including quotes, spaces or
parentheses.  If the variable is numeric, <VARLEN> returns the number of
digits that make up the number.  Note that the variable name should not
be enclosed in a <VAR> statement.

See also:  <STRLEN>.

Example 

     &BACK tooshort <LESS <VARLEN <MAKEQUOTED password>> 4>

This causes a jump back to the label tooshort if password is less than 4
characters long.

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