length

The length() function outputs a number that corresponds to the length of a string.

length(string)
length(list)

string.length()
list.length()

Example Formulas

length("Monkey D. Luffy") /* Output: 15 */

length(["Batman", "Robin", "V", "Doctor Doom"]) /* Output: 4 */

"Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious".length() /* Output: 34 */

Example Database

This example database used the length() function to return the number of characters in the Name property. It also uses an if statement to intelligently output “character” or “characters”.

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“Characters” Property Formula

let(
	length, prop("Name").length(),
	length 
	+ " character" 
	+ ifs(length != 1, "s")
)

/* Explained */

let(
	/* Set a length variable with the length of the Name property value */
	length, prop("Name").length(),

	/* Display the length variable */
	length 

	/* Add the " character" string */
	+ " character" 

	/* Check if the length variable does not equal 1. 
	If it doesn't, add an "s" to the end of "character" */
	+ ifs(length != 1, "s")
)

This formula sets a length variable with the length of the Name property value. It then displays the value of the length variable and adds “ character” after it. Finally, if the value of length is not 0, it will add an “s” after “ character”.

Other formula components used in this example:

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