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<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3154136"><bookmark_value>Len;function</bookmark_value></bookmark><paragraph id="hd_id3154136" role="heading" level="1" oldref="1" l10n="U" xml-lang="en-US"><link href="text/sbasic/shared/03120402.xhp" name="Len Function [Runtime]">Len Function [Runtime]</link></paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3147576" l10n="U" xml-lang="en-US" oldref="2">Returns the number of characters in a string, or the number of bytes that are required to store a variable.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="heading" level="2" id="hd_id3159177" l10n="U" xml-lang="en-US" oldref="3">Syntax:</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150669" l10n="U" xml-lang="en-US" oldref="4">Len (Text As String)</paragraph>
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