AIPS HELP file for LENGTH in 31DEC25

As of Wed Dec 11 9:53:19 2024

INPUTS

          NO adverbs.  Instead, LENGTH takes one argument
                     LENGTH (string)
          where string is any scalar string.  The character
          position of the last non-blank character in string is
          returned on the stack.  Note: LENGTH ('    ') is 0.

HELP SECTION

LENGTH
Type:  Verb      (function: leaves results on the stack)
Use:   To obtain the character position of the last non-blank
       character in a string adverb.  LENGTH requires 1
       immediate argument as
                     LENGTH (string)
       where string is any scalar string.  Examples:
            LENGTH ('  CALIB')    is  7.0.
            SUBSTR (OUTNAME, 1, LENGTH (OUTNAME)) is the
       current OUTNAME string stripped of trailing blanks and
       might be used in a procedure as
            IF LENG(OUTN) <= 8 THEN;
               OUTN = SUBSTR (OUTN, 1, LENG(OUTN)) !! ' CAL'
               END
Adverbs:   none.

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