Purpose

LEN_NLS returns the number of characters in a string expression.  It measures the string based on characters not bytes.  This permits easy search of international characters.
 

Syntax

variable = LEN_NLS(input-string)
 

Operation

input-string is the character string to be searched.  It can be a valid alphanumeric or wide character constant, variable, or expression.
 

Example

Assume $A = ‘ABC1234’

#C = LEN_NLS($A)    sets #C = 7