===== Length (Function) =====
==== Format ====
**length**( [[stringexpressions|string_expression]] )\\
**length**( [[arrays|array]] )\\
**length**( [[maps|map]] )

returns [[integerexpressions|integer_expression]]

==== Description ====
Returns the number of characters in [[stringexpressions|string_expression]], the number of elements in a map, or the number of values in an array.

NOTE: The length function returns the total number of items in a two dimensional array (rows * columns).

==== See Also ====
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