{"id":31638,"date":"2018-04-21T15:47:49","date_gmt":"2018-04-21T15:47:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ampscript.guide\/length\/"},"modified":"2021-04-06T00:58:54","modified_gmt":"2021-04-06T00:58:54","slug":"length","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ampscript.guide\/length\/","title":{"rendered":"Length"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Length<\/h2>\n<p>This function returns the number of characters in the specified string.<\/p>\n<h3>Argument<\/h3>\n<p><code>Length(1)<\/code><\/p>\n<table>\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th style=\"text-align: center\">Ordinal<\/th>\n<th style=\"text-align: left\">Type<\/th>\n<th style=\"text-align: left\">Required<\/th>\n<th style=\"text-align: left\">Description<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\">1<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left\">String<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left\">True<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left\">String to measure<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h3>Example<\/h3>\n<pre><code>%%[\n\nvar @terms, @termsBlurb, @len, @max\n\nset @max = 105\n\nset @terms = AttributeValue(\"terms\") \/* value from attribute or DE column in send context *\/\nset @terms = \"\" \/* or a literal value *\/\nset @terms = concat(@terms, \"The Rewards program is intended for personal use only. \")\nset @terms = concat(@terms, \"Commercial use is prohibited. This program is not targeted towards, \")\nset @terms = concat(@terms, \"nor intended for use by, anyone under the age of 13. \")\nset @terms = concat(@terms, \"If you are between the ages of 13 and 18, you may only use Rewards \")\nset @terms = concat(@terms, \"under the supervision of a parent or legal guardian who agrees to \")\nset @terms = concat(@terms, \"be bound by these Terms of Use.\")\n\nset @termsBlurb = @terms\n\nset @len = length(@terms)\n\nif @len &gt; @max then\n  set @termsBlurb = concat(trim(substring(@terms, 1, @max)), \"...\")\nendif\n\n]%%\nterms: %%=v(@terms)=%%\n&lt;br&gt;len: %%=v(@len)=%%\n&lt;br&gt;termsBlurb: %%=v(@termsBlurb)=%%<\/code><\/pre>\n<h4>Output<\/h4>\n<pre><code>terms: The Rewards program is intended for personal use only. Commercial use is prohibited. This program is not targeted towards, nor intended for use by, anyone under the age of 13. If you are between the ages of 13 and 18, you may only use Rewards under the supervision of a parent or legal guardian who agrees to be bound by these Terms of Use.\nlen: 340\ntermsBlurb: The Rewards program is intended for personal use only. Commercial use is prohibited. This program is not...<\/code><\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Length This function returns the number of characters in the specified string. Argument Length(1) Ordinal Type Required Description 1 String True String to measure Example %%[ var @terms, @termsBlurb, @len, @max set @max = 105 set @terms = AttributeValue(&#8220;terms&#8221;) \/* value from attribute or DE column in send context *\/ set @terms = &#8220;&#8221; \/* [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v14.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>The AMPscript Guide - Length<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow\" \/>\n<meta name=\"googlebot\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta name=\"bingbot\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/ampscript.guide\/length\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The AMPscript Guide - Length\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Length This function returns the number of characters in the specified string. 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