I was looking into the List of functions available in ACS. I saw two functions DataLength and Length.NameDescriptionSyntaxDataLengthReturns the number of characters in a stringDataLength(<String>)LengthReturns the string lengthLength(<string>)What is the difference between these two functions. Is the difference related to Unicode character length ?

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Difference between DataLength and Length functions

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I was looking into the List of functions available in ACS. I saw two functions DataLength and Length.

Name	Description	Syntax
DataLength	Returns the number of characters in a string	DataLength(<String>)
Length	Returns the string length	Length(<string>)

What is the difference between these two functions. Is the difference related to Unicode character length ?

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Best answer by DavidKangni

Hi @rahulg1930481

DataLength function returns the number of bytes occupy in a variable. It also considered the spaces also.
Length function returns the number of characters in a variable. It also removes the trailing spaces and then return the length.

Thanks,

David

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Hi @rahulg1930481

DataLength function returns the number of bytes occupy in a variable. It also considered the spaces also.
Length function returns the number of characters in a variable. It also removes the trailing spaces and then return the length.

Thanks,

David

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