This API retrieves a field's length.
Parameters
- Field
- '*MAX' string, which returns the max length for a varying length field (optional)
Return value
This API returns the length of a field
Example
pjs.define("data", { type: 'char', length: 50, varying: true });
pjs.define("char1024", { type: 'char', length: 1024 });
pjs.define("myChar", { type: 'char', length: 1024 });
char1024 = 'Profound.js';
myChar = char1024;
// Check if the length of myChar is correct
if (pjs.getLength(myChar) === 1024) {
data = myChar;
}
RPG Equivalent
%LEN()