Use VarSetL to set a specified variable to the length of the value of another specified variable.
VarSetL may also be entered as SetL.
Required Operands
DEST is the name of the destination variable. The current length of the data stored in the SRC variable is assigned to the DEST variable. DEST must be a numeric variable declared with the DECLARE command.
SRC is the name of the source variable. The current length of the data stored in SRC is assigned to the DEST variable.
Return Codes
OK Successful.
Examples
Obtain the current length of the data held in variable NAME. Assign it to the variable NAMEL.
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DECLARE NAME,CHAR,8,V
DECLARE NAMEL,NUM,3,V
PARSE NAME
SETL NAMEL,NAME
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