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WMLScript length() Function

The length() function returns the length of a string.

n = String.length(string)

Part	Description
n	The length of the string
string	A string

var a = String.length("");
var b = String.length("Hello world");
var c = String.length(23.4);

a = 0
b = 11
c = 4