System.Length

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Delphi

function Length(S: String): Integer;

Properties

Type Visibility Source Unit Parent
function public System.pas System System

Description

Returns the number of characters in a string or of elements in an array.

In Delphi code, Length returns the number of characters actually used in the string or the number of elements in the array. In C++ code, use the method of the same name on the AnsiString or DynamicArray class.

S is a string-valued or array-valued expression.

For single-byte and multibyte strings, Length returns the number of bytes used by the string. Example for UTF-8:

Writeln(Length(Utf8String('1¢'))); // displays 3

For Unicode (WideString) strings, Length returns the number of bytes divided by two.

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