Determine Length Of String (Strlen) - Siemens SINUMERIK 840D sl Programming Manual

Flexible NC programming
1.9 String operations
1.9.5

Determine length of string (STRLEN)

Function
The STRLEN command can be used to determine the length of a character string.
Syntax
<INT_ERG>=STRLEN("<STRING>")
Significance
STRLEN:
<string>:
<INT_ERG>:
Example
In conjunction with the single character access, this function allows the end of a character
string to be determined:
Program code
IF (STRLEN(BAUSTEIN_NAME)>10) GOTOF ERROR
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The STRLEN command determines the length of the specified character
string.
The number of characters that are not the 0 character, counting from the
beginning of the string is returned.
Character string whose length is to be determined
Type: STRING
Variable for the result of the determination
Type: INT
Programming Manual, 06/2009, 6FC5398-2BP20-0BA0
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