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Synopsis

size array|string

size is NOT undoable, NOT queryable, and NOT editable.

This command returns the number of elements in an array or the number of characters in a string.

Note that for strings containing multibyte characters, size returns the number of individual characters in the string, which will not be the same as the number of bytes.

Return value

intCommand result

Related

clear, sizeBytes

MEL examples

int $myInts[]={1,2,3,4,5,6};
$numInts=size($myInts);
// Result: 6 //

string $myString = "a string";
$strSize=size($myString);
// Result: 8 //

// Also, please see the examples for the <b>clear</b> command.