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Determine length of string in Stateflow chart
Since R2021b
L = strlength(str)
L = strlength(str) returns the number of characters in the string str.
L
str
example
Note
The operator strlength is not supported in Stateflow® charts that use C as the action language. For similar functionality, use strlen.
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strlen
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Return a value of 13, the number of characters in the string.
13
str = "Hello, world!"; L = strlength(str);
Input string, specified as a string scalar. Enclose literal strings with double quotes.
Example: "Hello"
"Hello"
Introduced in R2021b
string | contains | strlen
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