strlength

Determine length of string

Since R2021b

Syntax

L = strlength(str)

Description

L = strlength(str) returns the number of characters in the string str.

Note

The operator strlength is not supported in Stateflow^® charts that use C as the action language. For similar functionality, use strlen.

Examples

Determine Length of String

Return a value of 13, the number of characters in the string.

str = "Hello, world!";
L = strlength(str);

Input Arguments

str — Input string

string scalar

Input string, specified as a string scalar. Enclose literal strings with double quotes.

Example: "Hello"

Version History

Introduced in R2021b