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#### Length

Declaration:
  Function Length (S : String) : Integer;
Description:
  Length returns the length of the string S, which is limited to 255 for shortstrings. If the strings S is empty, 0 is returned.

  Note: The length of the string S is stored in S[0] for shortstrings only. The Length fuction should always be used on ansistrings and widestrings.

Errors:
  None.
See also:
  Pos (546)

Listing: refex/ex36.pp

Program Example36;
{ Program to demonstrate the Length function. }
Var S : String;
I : Integer;
begin
S:='';
for i:=1 to 10 do
begin
S:=S+'*';
Writeln (Length(S):2,' : ',s);
end;
end.

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