getlength

int getlength(string)

Return Type: int
Parameters: string input

Description:
This function returns the number of characters in the input string.

Example Code

1 >>string s = "Name\tBob";
2 >>disp(s);
Name Bob
3 >>disp(getlength(s));
8

In the example above, the ‘\t’ is the special tab character, which is only one character.