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len    --    the length of an object


Syntax 
len(S: STRING): INT
len(L: LIST): INT

Description
This function returns the length of a string or a list.

NOTE: previously len could be applied to other types too; this is no longer supported: see NumCompts for module elements, NumRows for matrices, NumTerms for polynomials.

Example 
/**/  len( [2,3,4] );
3
/**/  len( "string" );
6

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