SETLEN -- Assign length of specified string to a variable

SETLEN Assign length of specified string to a variable

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Syntax:	SETLEN	[ variable ] = [ string ]
Arguments:	[ variable ]	Variable to assign; if the variable does not previously exist it is created.
	[ string ]	Variable or string to get the length of.
Options:	none

This script command obtains the length of [ string ] and saves the result in [ variable ].

Consider the following example.

;; assign a variable to a string

SET string = "this is a string"

;; get the length of the string

SETLEN len = string

;; len will be equal to 16