DTW_WORDLENGTH

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Purpose

Returns the length of the nth word of a string.

Format

@DTW_WORDLENGTH(stringIn, n, stringOut)

@DTW_rWORDLENGTH(stringIn, n)

Parameters

Table 114. DTW_WORDLENGTH Parameters
Data Type Parameter Use Description
string stringIn IN A variable or literal string.
integer n IN The word position of the word whose length you want to know. If this value is greater than the number of words in the input string, 0 is returned.
string stringOut OUT A variable that contains the length of the nth word in stringIn.

Return Codes

Table 115. DTW_WORDLENGTH Return Codes
Return Code Explanation
-1001 The server could not process a Net.Data request to allocate memory.
1001 An input parameter contained a NULL value.
1003 An incorrect number of parameters were passed on a function call.
1005 A parameter passed on a function call, required to be a string variable, was of a different variable type.
1006 A literal string was passed on a function call for a parameter which was required to be an output parameter.
1007 A parameter contains a value which is not valid.

Examples

Example 1:

@DTW_WORDLENGTH("Now is the time", "1", result)

Example 2:

@DTW_rWORDLENGTH("Now is the time", "6")


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