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function
Function syntax
integer llStringLength(
  1. string str// String to measure.
);
Returns
integer
Energy
10

Returns an integer that is the number of characters in str.

How to use
integer result = llStringLength("");

Caveats

Section titled “Caveats”
  • The index of the last character is not equal to the string length.
  • Character indexes start at zero (the index of the first character is zero).
  • llStringLength returns the number of characters - not bytes - in the string.
  • Some functions that accept strings are limited to bytes, not characters.
  • LSL-2 uses UTF-8 strings and Mono uses UTF-16; both support multibyte characters.
  • To get the number of bytes in a string instead, use the example snippet on llStringToBase64 (there is no native LSL function to do this).

Examples

Section titled “Examples”
Example 1
// assumptions:
//    object name: LSLWiki
//    script name: _lslwiki


default
{
    state_entry()
    {
        string HowLongAmI = "123";
        integer strlen = llStringLength(HowLongAmI);
        llOwnerSay( "'" + HowLongAmI + "' has " +(string) strlen + " characters.");
        // The owner of object LSLWiki will hear
        // LSLWiki: '123' has 3 characters.
    }
}

See also

Section titled “See also”

Functions

Section titled “Functions”
Original wiki source

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From the Second Life Wiki

Community documentation adapted from LlStringLength, by Linden Research, Inc. and contributing residents.View contributors and history.

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