Differences

This shows you the differences between two versions of the page.

--- function:LENGTH [2019/06/24 23:22]
peternlewis
+++ function:LENGTH [2023/09/20 02:31] (current)
peternlewis
@@ Line 1: / Line 1: @@
-The LENGTH() function returns the length of text that the action is operating on in actions like [the Substring action](action:Substring_of_Variable_or_Clipboard).
+====== LENGTH Function ======
-The LENGTH() function is a special context sensitive function that only works in a few actions, like the Apply Style action, returning the length of the processed text (so, for example, you could have the text size be dependent on the length of the text).
+The LENGTH() function returns the length of text that the action is operating on.
+The LENGTH() function is a special context sensitive function that only works in a few actions, like the [[action:Substring_of_Variable_or_Clipboard|Substring]] or [[action:Apply_Style_to_Clipboard|Apply Style]] actions, returning the length of the processed text (so, for example, you could have the text size be dependent on the length of the text).
 LENGTH() will not give you the character count of a simple string – for that you can use the [[CHARACTERS]] function or the Character Count [[action:Filter]].
+===== See Also =====
+=== Functions ===
+* [[function:CHARACTERS|CHARACTERS]]
+* [[:Functions|See all Functions]]
+=== Actions ===
+* [[action:Substring_of_Variable_or_Clipboard|Substring]]
+* [[action:Apply_Style_to_Clipboard|Apply Style]]
+* [[:Actions|See all Actions]]

Keyboard Maestro Wiki