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xstrlen - Length Function

One length function is currently available for unnamed byte-like arguments.

Other versions: 7.31 | 7.40 | 7.54

Syntax

... xstrlen( arg ) ...

The function xstrlen returns the number of bytes in arg. The argument arg is a byte-like
functional operand position. The return value has the type i.

Note

The function described here is one of the functions that can be used in the obsolete extended functional operand positions, even if its argument is a single data object.