Get String Length Method

The Get String Length method gets the length of one of the following:

• The string that the string argument contains

• The string in the variable that the varName argument identifies

Format A

Len(string)

Len(varName)

The following table describes the arguments that you can use with this method.

Argument	Description
string	Includes a string or an expression that evaluates to a string. If you use the string argument, then this method returns the number of characters that the string contains.
varName	Identifies a variable that contains a string. If the varName argument: Identifies a variant variable. This method returns as a string the number of bytes required to identify the value of this variable. Identifies a variant variable that contains NULL. This method returns a Null variant. Does not identify a variant variable. This method returns the length of the predefined data type or the custom type.

Example

The following example returns the length of a name that the user enters, including spaces:

Sub Button_Click
      Dim username as String
      username = "Chris Smith"
      count = Len(username)
End Sub