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strlen

Returns the length of a string variable.

Prototype

	function strlen (
		str  : string   
	)

	return_val [dimsizes(str)] :  integer

Arguments

str

A variable of type string. It may have any dimensionality.

Return value

Returns integer value(s) dimensioned the same as the input containing the corresponding length of each input string argument(s).

Description

This function determines the length of each string in its input, and returns those lengths dimensioned the same as the input. Note that uninitialized strings, which are assigned a value equal to the default missing value for strings, result in the length of such strings being set to the value of NCL's default missing value for variables of type integer, and the _FillValue attribute is set for the return value.

Examples

Example 1

  aString = "Hello, World!"
  aStringLen = strlen(aString)
  print(aStringLen)

Variable: aStringLen
Type: integer
Total Size: 4 bytes
            1 values
Number of Dimensions: 1
Dimensions and sizes:   [1]
Coordinates: 
(0)     13

Example 2

  theStrings = (/"Hello", "Guten Tag", "Buenos Dias", "Bonjour"/)
  stringLens = strlen(theStrings)
  print(stringLens)

Variable: stringLens
Type: integer
Total Size: 16 bytes
            4 values
Number of Dimensions: 1
Dimensions and sizes:   [4]
Coordinates: 
(0)     5
(1)     9
(2)     11
(3)     7

Example 3

  theStrings = (/(/"Hello", "Guten Tag", "Bonjour"/), (/"Goodbye", "Auf Wiedersehen", "Au Revoir"/)/)
  stringLens = strlen(theStrings)
  print(stringLens)

Variable: stringLens
Type: integer
Total Size: 24 bytes
            6 values
Number of Dimensions: 2
Dimensions and sizes:   [2] x [3]
Coordinates: 
(0,0)   5
(0,1)   9
(0,2)   7
(1,0)   7
(1,1)   15
(1,2)   9

Example 4