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sizeOf
| Syntax |
sizeOf (value)
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| Params |
value can be an object defined as any Frontier datatype.
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| Action |
Determines the size of the object supplied in value. The meaning of the return depends on the datatype.
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| Returns |
An integer indicating the number of bytes, elements or other units of measure contained in value.
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| Examples |
sizeOf ("Hello") » 5
The size of a string is its length.
sizeOf ('bool')
sizeOf (clock.now ())
Objects whose datatype is 'date' always have a size of 4.
boolean values always have a size of 2.
examples.funStuff is a table, so sizeOf returns the number of items in it.
The size of a list or record value is the number of items in it. |
| Notes |
See Chapter 1 of the UserTalk Reference Guide for more detailed information on Frontier datatypes. The meaning of the value returned by sizeOf can be determined from the discussion of UserTalk datatypes in Chapter 1 of the UserTalk Reference Guide.
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| See Also |
typeOf
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