Length of () (Operators block)

"Length of () (block)" redirects here. For the list block, see Length of () (List block).

Length of ()
length of ()
Category	Operators
Type	Reporter
Introduced in	1.4

The length of () block is an operators block and a reporter block. The block reports how many characters the given string contains.

Example Uses

In certain projects, different events can happen based on the length of a value; this block is used to help.

Some common uses for the length of () block include:

• Checking the length of a name

ask [What's your name?] and wait
say (join (answer) (length of (answer))) for (2) secs

• Checking how many digits there are in a player's score

forever
say (length of (score1))

• Chatbots, in which different messages can occur depending on the length of the message that was inputted

if <(length of (answer)) < (10)> then
say [Hi!]
else
say [Bye!]
end

Workaround

Main article: List of Block Workarounds

This block can be replicated with the following code:

define length of (string)
set [length v] to [1]
repeat until <(letter ((length) + (1)) of (string)) = []>
change [length v] by (1)
end

or

define length of (string)
set [repcount v] to (0)
delete all of [results v]
repeat until <(letter ((repcount) + (1)) of (string)) = []>
add (letter ((repcount) + (1)) of (string)) to [results v]
change [repcount v] by (1)
end
set [length v] to (length of [results v])

See Also

• Length of () (List block) — the version for lists