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Returns the number of characters in a character expression or memo field.
LENC(cExpression)
Return Values
Numeric
Parameters
- cExpression
Specifies the character expression for which LENC( ) returns the number of characters.
Remarks
LENC( ) is designed for expressions containing double-byte characters. If the expression contains only single-byte characters, LENC( ) is equivalent to LEN( ).
LENC( ) returns the number of characters in a character expression or memo field containing any combination of single-byte and double-byte characters.
This function is useful for manipulating double-byte character sets for languages such as Hiragana and Katakana.
See Also
LEN( ) | Application Creation with Double-Byte Character Sets | FSIZE( ) | TXTWIDTH( )