Microsoft® Visual Basic® Scripting Edition Len Function | Language Reference Version 1

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##### Description

> Returns the number of characters in a string or the number of bytes required to store a variable.

##### Syntax

> Len(string | varname)

> The Len function syntax has these parts:

> Part | Description
> string | Any valid string expression. If string contains Null, Null is returned.
> varname | Any valid variable name. If varname contains Null, Null is returned.

##### Remarks

> The following example uses the Len function to return the number of characters in a string:

> >     Dim MyString
> >     MyString = Len("VBSCRIPT") 'MyString contains 8.

> Note The LenB function is used with byte data contained in a string. Instead of returning the number of characters in a string, LenB returns the number of bytes used to represent that string.

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